A high school student, who was asked by a teacher to remove the veil, is suspected of physical assault. She was taken into custody.
A teacher at the Sévigné high school in Tourcoing was attacked by a student on Monday October 7, according to Le Parisien, which relies on a police source. According to this source, the professor of technical medico-social sciences asked the young woman, an adult, to remove her veil, which she had just put on as she was preparing to leave the establishment.
According to the facts reported by the newspaper, the high school student refused and headed for the exit. The teacher then allegedly followed her, to reiterate her request. It was there that she was allegedly pushed and slapped by the student. The teacher in turn allegedly slapped the young girl. She then allegedly struck the teacher several times.
The Minister of National Education Anne Genetet reported this attack this Tuesday at midday. “This is unacceptable. And I will not accept it. A complaint has been filed and a precautionary measure has already been taken against the student in question to prohibit him from accessing the school. establishment until the meeting of its disciplinary council”, she said on X. “Everyone must support our teachers and condemn this violence against the Republic itself”, added the former minister of ‘Interior, Gérald Darmanin, deputy for Tourcoing.
The teachers of the Sévigné high school in Tourcoing exercised their right of withdrawal this Tuesday, to demonstrate their dismay and anger at this violence which affects a colleague. The student was arrested at his home and placed in police custody, according to Le Parisien, which specifies that the student was not known to the police.