Lyon: after the fire at the Édouard Herriot high school door, four minors arrested
The suspects, apparently students of the establishment, are suspected of having set fire at the entrance to the high school on November 6.
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Four minors, probably students from the Édouard Herriot high school in Lyon, were arrested after the arson attack at the entrance to the establishment on November 6, requiring the evacuation of a thousand students.
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Why It Matters
The fire took place on November 6 in front of the Édouard Herriot high school, causing the evacuation of a thousand students. The establishment had already suffered mortar fire in October.
“They are a priori students of the establishment.” Four minors were arrested Thursday as part of the investigation into a fire in front of a Lyon high school which spread to the entrance to the establishment, the prosecutor's office told AFP. “They are suspected of being the perpetrators of the fire at the entrance to the Édouard Herriot high school” which occurred on Friday November 6. According to a source close to the case, there are two boys and two girls.
On Friday, a trash fire was lit in front of the establishment before spreading to the imposing wooden door, leading to the evacuation of a thousand students via two secondary exits. “The flames rose to the first floor,” a local resident confided to Le Figaro.
Classes resumed on Thursday but at a reduced level “taking into account what we experienced on Friday”. “The behavior of certain students does not allow us to receive them all,” adds Damien Coursodon, principal of the Édouard Herriot high school and member of the national Independence and Direction office (iD-FO), interviewed by AFP.
If it is confirmed that these are indeed high school students and that they are presented to a juvenile judge, disciplinary procedures will be immediately launched against them with a view to their exclusion, specified Damien Coursodon. The principal estimates that 100 to 200 of his 1,080 students have exhibited problematic behavior since the start of the high school movement, to varying degrees, some who will deserve a disciplinary procedure, others an exchange with their parents.
On Monday, a rare thing, at least 80 principals or other management staff gathered in front of this high school in upscale neighborhoods to ask parents and students for relief from the violence. On Wednesday, a new gathering this time of parents, traders and elected officials took place in front of the establishment. Herriot high school had already been the scene of mortar fire, some of which had exploded inside the entrance hall at the beginning of October.
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Launch of disciplinary procedures against the students involved.
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- What will be the exact disciplinary sanctions?
- What is the precise motivation of the suspects?
