A father is still in police custody this Friday, indicated the Clermont-Ferrand police, confirming information from The Mountain . The individual is suspected of having made death threats on the telephone against the principal of the Ambroise-Brugière high school in Clermont-Ferrand, he is being prosecuted for “threat with a view to intimidating a person entrusted with a public service mission”. It should be subject to a “direct summons with judicial control” indicated the public prosecutor Dominique Puechmaille,
Her daughter, who refused to remove her abaya, was refused access to high school on Thursday morning, according to the guidelines given by the Ministry of National Education . The man had been received at the beginning of the week by the principal, the rectorate told France Bleu Pays d’Auvergne this Friday morning.
Minister of Education Gabriel Attal called the threatened principal
The National Education hierarchy was alerted and a complaint was filed. The rectorate dispatched a mobile security team. The principal received the support of the rectorate of the Clermont academy as well as that of the Minister of National Education Gabriel Attal. The minister also denounced this Friday “threats that are extremely shocking” during a trip to the Rhône. He assured his full support to the principal concerned “in the face of these threats which are unacceptable and unspeakable”
On X (ex-Twitter), MoDem MP for Puy-de-Dôme Delphine Lingemann also bringshis support for the principal“.”We are in a state of law where the law must be respected by all“, adds the chosen one.
In September 2022, around ten high school girls wearing the abaya were identified in this Clermont high school of 1,300 students. In October, around 150 high school and university students demonstrated in front of the establishment to demand freedom of clothing, and in particular the freedom to wear religious clothing.