Incident linked to the veil at the Maurice-Ravel high school: the student's complaint dismissed

Europe 1 with AFP / Photo credit: SERGE TENANI / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP 2:58 p.m., March 27, 2024

The complaint filed by a BTS student from the Maurice-Ravel high school in Paris against the principal whom she accused of having assaulted her during an incident linked to the veil she was wearing was dismissed, the prosecutor's office said on Wednesday. from Paris requested by AFP. The complaint filed for violence which did not result in incapacity for work was closed for "insufficiently characterized offense", specified the prosecution. At the same time, an investigation was opened for cyberharassment following death threats on the internet aimed at the principal in connection with this altercation.

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The principal had “reminded (on February 28) three students of their obligation to remove their Islamic veil” within the premises of the establishment in order to respect the law prohibiting ostentatious religious signs, the prosecution indicated during the announcement. of the opening of the investigation in early March. “One of them, an adult and studying in BTS”, had “ignored the principal, which provoked an altercation”, he added.

Death threats against this principal were then made on the internet. The BTS student told Le Parisien that she had been “hit violently on the arm” by the principal. A 26-year-old young man from Hauts-de-Seine was arrested and must be tried on April 23 in Paris for having threatened to kill the principal on the internet. The principal also left his position "for security reasons", according to a message sent Tuesday to teachers, students and parents.

The rectorate, for its part, spoke of "personal convenience" and an "early departure" in retirement "in view of the events which have marked these last weeks". Gabriel Attal will receive the principal of the Maurice-Ravel school campus on Wednesday afternoon in Matignon. The Minister of Education Nicole Belloubet, who will participate in this meeting, went to the Ravel high school at the beginning of March to support the principal and deplore "unacceptable attacks".