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Côte-d’Or: the principal of a college was threatened with a knife by a student
A schoolboy was arrested in Dijon (Côte-d’Or), Friday March 15, after threatening the principal of his establishment with a knife. The third grade student was taken into custody.
(France 2)
A schoolboy was arrested in Dijon (Côte-d’Or), Friday March 15, after threatening the principal of his establishment with a knife. The third grade student was taken into custody.
Doctors and psychologists were dispatched on Saturday March 16 to the Édouard Herriot college in Chenôve (Côte-d’Or), to respond to young people and teachers still in shock. Friday March 15, a third grade student, excluded, tried to return to class. Once in the principal’s office, he handed the head of the school a letter and threatened her with a kitchen knife. The mayor of Chenôve underlined the composure and courage of the principal, who triggered the confinement protocol before fleeing to her office.
An investigation has been opened
Teachers locked themselves in class with their students. Police officers patrolling the area quickly intervened and arrested the young man with a knife. The college students at the establishment have since been in shock. In the confused letter that the schoolboy gave to the principal of the school, he mentions the Paris attacks of 2015 and speaks of hostage taking. An investigation has been opened into death threats and violence in a school establishment.
