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E. Frisullo / 20 Minutes

  • An 18-year-old man died falling from the 5th floor of his high school.

  • An investigation has been opened to find the causes of death.

  • According to the prosecutor of Boulogne-sur-Mer, the thesis of suicide is privileged.

A young man of 18 died defenestrated, Wednesday afternoon, in the Edouard-Branly high school in Boulogne-sur-Mer, in Pas-de-Calais.

It is "probably" a suicide, according to the prosecutor, who opened an investigation.

The help was called a little after 3 pm "for a fall from the fifth floor", but "the young man of 18 years was declared dead by the doctor of Smur", indicated the firefighters.

"An investigation is opened in search of the causes of death", even if "the most probable hypothesis" at this stage would be "that of a suicide", declared the prosecutor of Boulogne-sur-Mer Pascal Marconville.

According to the first elements collected, “there does not seem to have been any intervention by a third party”.

"The police are checking the reasons why this boy would have jumped, and whether or not it was a voluntary act," he added.

The young man's body was "transported to the forensic institute".

"No student would have witnessed"

According to Joël Surig, academic director of the national education services (Dasen) of the Lille academy, "he is a student in boarding school" and "no student would have witnessed" his fall.

"He fell from the boarding school, from the 5th floor, despite the security windows," he added.

“We have nothing to suggest that there was a student in pain.

[…] It is not a young person who was noticed for a particular situation, nor who was the subject of a particular follow-up, ”he assured.

The academy, the town hall, the prefecture "have all mobilized, and a psychological unit has been opened, with a doctor and two nurses," said Dasen, expressing the sadness of the educational community.

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  • Investigation

  • Suicide

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