Racist attack in Yvelines: psychological cells deployed at the Mesnil-Saint-Denis college and in the La Verrière school at the start of the school year

Measures to ensure that the students of Trappes, Mesnil-Saint-Denis and La Verrière have a more peaceful return to school, after the racist attack committed in Yvelines the day before the school holidays. A time for discussion will thus be organized in all middle and high schools in the communes of Trappes and Mesnil-Saint-Denis between staff during the first hour of classes which will be made commonplace in order in particular to prepare for the reception of students. In addition, listening cells will be specifically deployed at the Philippe de Champaigne college as well as in the La Verrière school, which was particularly impacted by the lockdown on Friday October 23.

Edouard Philippe will go to La Verrière on Friday for a gathering to pay tribute to the victims. The Horizons presidential candidate will go to the rally organized at La Verrière, the candidate's entourage announced. In the morning on Friday, environmentalist senator Yannick Jadot deplored the absence of the right and the central bloc from the Trappes rally.

Several thousand people are expected at the rally organized in Trappes. A large rally against racism and Islamophobia, organized by the municipality, is planned for 6 p.m., Friday October 30, on the Place des Merisiers in Trappes. Mayor Ali Rabeh spoke of a substantial measure to secure a city which has been traumatized.

Ali Rabeh also called for changing the law to make the racist theory of the great replacement illegal and to condemn these illegal remarks more heavily.

The main suspect in the terrorist attack, Kevin Tessier, who admits the facts and premeditation, admitted to having targeted Muslim, African or North African people. The shooter told investigators that he had chosen the location of his action because Trappes was, according to him, a den of Islamists. He was indicted and placed in pre-trial detention.