an investigation opened after the suicide of a 15-year-old teenager who had reported “acts of harassment”

The teenager’s body was discovered by his mother at their home in Poissy on Monday evening.

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The town of Poissy, in the Yvelines.  (GOOGLE MAPS)

A 15-year-old boy was found hanged at his home in Poissy (Yvelines). His body was discovered by his mother on Tuesday, September 5, around 6 p.m. This young man had reported acts of school harassment, in recent months, suffered in his former high school Adrienne-Bolland, in Poissy, specifies the police at franceinfo, confirming the information of the Parisian. The teenager had just returned to another establishment, a training center located in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.

The prosecutor of Versailles confirms to France Télévisions the opening of an investigation to find the causes of death. “We obviously check the whole environment of the young person, including the school aspect” continued the magistrate. The parents of the teenager have not yet been heard by the investigators, his mother was hospitalized in shock. The Minister of Education has “exchanged with the victim’s mother” by phone to testify “his absolute support”specifies the cabinet of Gabriel Attal.

A handrail filed for school harassment

The Versailles prosecutor’s office confirms to franceinfo that the father and the child went to the Poissy police station several months ago for acts of school harassment. They had then filed a handrail but wanted to wait for a possible reaction from the National Education before filing a complaint.

The first elements of the investigation “clearly attest that acts of harassment had been declared during the 2022-2023 school year”the Ministry of National Education announced on Wednesday.


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