The mayor of Arras, Frédéric Leturque, proposed to the Hauts-de-France regional council and the Lille rectorate to rename the Gambetta-Carnot high school in Arras (Pas-de-Calais) in homage to Dominique Bernard, the teacher murdered Friday in a jihadist attack, he announced Monday October 16 in a press release. “For Arras and for France, it would be a question of never forgetting, of showing that we are standing and of affirming that we will never give in in the face of obscurantism”declares the mayor. Follow our live stream.
A minute of silence in tribute to Dominique Bernard and Samuel Paty. Schools observed a minute of silence at 2 p.m. in tribute to Dominique Bernard, the teacher fatally stabbed Friday in Arras. Elisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal were at the Bois d’Aulne college, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines), the establishment where Samuel Paty worked, also assassinated in an Islamist attack three years ago to the day. The Prime Minister delivered a short speech in tribute to the two teachers. “Barbarism never prevails in the face of knowledge. The Republic will never bend in the face of terrorism.”she said.
Bomb threat lifted. Students and teachers returned to the Gambetta-Carnot high school, in Arras (Pas-de-Calais), Monday shortly after noon, according to observations by franceinfo journalists on site. In the morning, around 300 people evacuated the buildings of the school complex, according to the police, after a bomb threat. Teachers and students were sheltered while the necessary checks were carried out. It is in this establishment that Dominique Bernard, French teacher, was killed in a terrorist attack on Friday.
Emmanuel Macron once again chaired a security meeting. It took place on Monday noon in the same format as that of Friday. In particular present were the Prime Minister, as well as the Ministers of the Interior, Justice, Defense, Foreign Affairs, National Education and the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, the Secretary General of Defense , the national coordinator of the fight against terrorism and the heads of the security services (DGSI, DGSE).