Is this a first effect of theemotion aroused by Nicolas’ suicidethis 15 year old high school student victim of school harassment ? On Monday, a 14-year-old teenager was arrested in class, in Alfortville, in Val-de-Marne, suspected of having made homophobic remarks, even inciting suicide, towards a 15-year-old friend. , has learned 20 minutes from consistent sources. The schoolboy was immediately taken into custody. “Investigations are continuing,” specifies the Créteil public prosecutor’s office.
A complaint and an arrest the same day
The alert was launched the same morning, around 10 a.m., by the father of the teenage victim of harassment who went to the Alfortville police station to file a complaint. According to his story, on September 15, his daughter – who has just started a gender transition – received numerous homophobic comments from the young boy under one of her Instagram posts. Some, with incredible violence, incite him to end his life. A little earlier in the morning, the parents had been received by the high school principal “to inform her that their daughter had received insults and threats this weekend on an Instagram group from an identified schoolboy” , specifies the rectorate.
Given the nature of the comments, the public prosecutor’s office was immediately notified and issued the same day an order for the student, who was attending the college, to appear in court. The student, who was in class, was arrested around 4 p.m., with the agreement of the principal. According to a member of the college team, contacted by 20 minutes, the teenager was handcuffed in full view of all his comrades. “We are discussing with the authorities concerned to understand under what conditions police officers may have been required to intervene in a school establishment to arrest a student in class,” continues the rectorate.
An “electric shock” on school bullying
On the other hand, the harassment suffered online this weekend does not seem usual. According to our information, the transition of this Secondary student is very well accepted within her establishment, both by the teaching team and by the students. No cases of physical or verbal violence have been reported.
Monday evening, the Minister of National Education, Gabriel Attal, promised, in front of the exceptionally assembled rectors, an “electric shock at all levels” in the fight against school bullying. An audit on the management of cases identified from September 2022 to September 2023 will be launched in each academy. The conclusions are expected in four weeks.