Charles Luylier (special correspondent in Montpellier) and AFP / Photo credits: AFP 7:40 a.m., April 5, 2024
The day after the violent attack suffered by Samara, 14, in front of her college in Montpellier, Nicole Belloubet announced the opening of an administrative investigation into the establishment. Gray areas still remain, particularly regarding the motivations of the main attacker.
Two days after the attack on a 13-year-old girl in front of her college in Montpellier, the Minister of National Education Nicole Belloubet announced Thursday an administrative investigation into the establishment, warning that her "arm will not tremble" if mistakes were made. “Obviously, I want to know everything, to know everything about what happened during the previous months or the previous weeks in the establishment where Samara was hosted,” insisted the minister on
BFMTV
, announcing that as of Friday inspectors generals of his ministry would go there “for a flash mission” of eight days.
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The attack on the teenager occurred on Tuesday around 4 p.m. in front of the Arthur-Rimbaud college, in the working-class district of La Mosson-La Paillade. The young girl, "seriously injured" according to the Montpellier prosecutor's office, who announced Wednesday evening that she had come out of the coma, was to be heard this Thursday. Three minors aged 14 and 15 - at least one of whom was educated in the same establishment and admitted "having hit", according to the same source - were taken into police custody on Wednesday for attempted murder on minors under 15 years old.
Gray areas still remain regarding the involvement of this main suspect, aged 15 and presented by Samara's family as the sponsor of the lynching. She has already been excluded twice from the establishment for reasons which remain unknown for the moment.
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Beyond the community question, which seems to be the starting point of the conflict, the role of social networks in this affair is visibly central. According to several testimonies, Samara was the victim of cyberharassment, insults and even calls for murder. Thursday, the young girl was to be auditioned. It is still impossible to know if the interview took place and even less what came out of it. For all these reasons, and in parallel with the judicial investigation, an administrative investigation was launched by National Education.