A 15-year-old minor referred after an attack with flammable spray on the sidelines of high school demonstrations

The 15-year-old minor who targeted a woman in the face with a flammable spray, on the sidelines of the high school movement on Thursday, is brought before an investigating judge for indictment.

The prosecution requested his placement in pre-trial detention. "Student at Colbert high school, in second personal assistance service", the accused was "unknown to the police and justice services", according to the Marseille prosecutor's office.

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It will be fixed soon. The "fifteen and a half year old minor" arrested yesterday, accused of having aimed a woman in the face with a flammable spray on the sidelines of the high school movement, Thursday October 1, is "referred for indictment (...) on the charge of an act of barbarity", announced the Marseille prosecutor's office in a press release, Sunday October 4.

The teenager, "a student at Colbert high school, in second personal assistance service", was "unknown to the police and justice services" according to the same source. Arrested and placed in police custody on Friday, he "immediately recognized the facts and, upon understanding the significance, expressed deep regrets", adds the prosecution, which requested "his placement in pre-trial detention, in view of the disturbance to public order".

The High School Union sees “a desire to infantilize the movement” in the accusations of political exploitation. “It wasn’t just La France Insoumise that supported us, the Socialist Party too, the Ecologists, a whole number of parties,” recalls Philémon Jouglet-Marcus, federal representative of the High School Union (USL), on franceinfo. The representative denounces "a desire to make public opinion believe that high school students are not aware of their working conditions and their demands."

The weapon brandished by a woman in Caen was fake, announced the prefecture. “A video showing a woman brandishing a weapon from the balcony of a building, during high school student demonstrations in Caen, was widely relayed on social networks,” recalls the Calvados prefecture on The woman "presented her apologies and explained that she wanted to intervene to protect a young girl who, according to her statements, was attacked by several young people", specifies the prefect.

“They must not get away with it like that,” demands the woman attacked with flammable spray in Marseille. Jade, a care assistant, explains to BFMTV that she was waiting for her bus when she tried to intervene in front of a group of teenagers who wanted to damage a bus shelter. A man targeted her with flammable spray. “I felt a strong heat on my face, my eyelashes were burned, it burned my skin a little and a whole part of my hair,” describes the victim, who is demanding exemplary sanctions. A 15-year-old minor was arrested Friday evening.

The new day of mobilization, Tuesday, is “a starting point”, according to Jean-Luc Mélenchon. It “opens a series for sure”, estimates the head of La France insoumise in a blog note, published Saturday afternoon. He calls for “organizing ourselves to support this period of mobilization”.

The Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, denounces on Faced with the high school mobilization, "the police forces of the Republic do not repress the youth but protect and supervise the pupils and students who want to peacefully raise their demands", defends the minister.

“I unfortunately fear that, if the damage continues, the high school students will have no chance of being satisfied,” declared on franceinfo Franck Leroy, various right-wing president of the Grand Est region, after violence and damage on the sidelines of the high school movement. The manager calls on high school leaders to “stop the movement” to allow “dialogue”, because “it is not through violence and the streets that they will win their case”.

Two people were arrested and taken into custody after the beating of a police officer on Friday in Belfort, during clashes between demonstrators and the police on the sidelines of the high school mobilization.

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