The student suspected of having slapped a teacher at her high school in Tourcoing (North) on Monday who asked her to remove the veil she had just put on when leaving the establishment, is referred for an appearance on Wednesday after -noon, indicated the Lille public prosecutor’s office.
The student, arrested at his home and placed in police custody Monday evening, was “referred this (Wednesday) morning to the prosecution with a view to an immediate appearance this afternoon,” indicated the public prosecutor of Lille Carole Etienne.
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Classes still suspended this Wednesday
Classes, suspended on Tuesday, were also canceled on Wednesday to allow “time for discussion and work” for staff, the rectorate said in an email, specifying that the students who showed up at the high school were welcomed there. .
According to initial investigations, the teacher asked the student “to remove her religious veil, before being subjected to insulting remarks”, the prosecution indicated on Tuesday. The teacher then “opposed his leaving the establishment in order to obtain his identity” and the student then “slapped the teacher, who returned it”. “Several blows, threats and shoving followed,” according to the same source.
A complaint was filed by the teacher, who benefits from functional protection, recalled the rectorate. A disciplinary council is also planned.
The Minister of National Education, Anne Genetet, pointing out an act which challenges the “secular school” and “the Republic”, indicated Tuesday to the National Assembly that she had requested “very firm disciplinary sanctions”. “Everyone must support our teachers and condemn this violence against the Republic itself,” Gérald Darmanin, the former Minister of the Interior and elected official from Tourcoing, said on Tuesday.
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