The Rectorate of Strasbourg “firmly” condemned the death threats made in a high school in Haut-Rhin by the uncle of a student against a teacher, who had mentioned in class “freedom of expression, the freedom of expression on Wednesday, the freedom of expression, the freedom of expression, the Caricatures of Muhammad and Charlie Hebdo “.
Le Monde with AFP
Shortly before the tribute, scheduled for mid-October in schools, at Samuel Paty, 47-year-old history-geography teacher beheaded on October 16, 2020 for having shown in class caricatures of Muhammad, an incident occurred on October 4 in a high school in Haut-Rhin. Death threats have been uttered by the uncle of a student against a teacher who had mentioned in class “freedom of expression, the caricatures of Muhammad and Charlie Hebdo”.
The Rectorate of Strasbourg “firmly” condemned on Wednesday October 12, “intimidation and [the] threats to national education personnel,” he said in a statement.
According to a judicial source, the incident occurred at the Scheurer-Kestner high school in Thann, west of Mulhouse. A professor “suffered death threats from the uncle of one of his students, after he approached freedom of expression in class, the caricatures of Muhammad and Charlie Hebdo”, according to this same source . She adds that the pupil, “who hung on verbally in class with the teacher, would have complained about returning home”.
“His uncle, who would have evoked the name of Samuel Paty during the exchange with the teacher before the school, was placed in police custody, and indicted for death threats”, after a complaint ‘teacher, added this judicial source. He was released under judicial supervision, with prohibition of contact with the professor and prohibition to present himself near the establishment.
The teenager will be summoned later by the investigating judge to be heard on acts of apology for terrorism. In its high school, a disciplinary council must rule on this file soon.
implementation of a “listening cell”
The Haut-Rhinois establishment “is the subject of constant attention from the rectorate and the state services” since this incident, indicates the rectorate. A mobile safety team has been present there since October 6 “to guarantee security, support teams and provide psychological support,” said the rectorate, according to which “a listening unit for the staff has been set up”.
Monday, two members of the Academic Team Values of the Republic (EAVR) were dispatched to the site in order to provide “the adapted educational response”, specifies the rectorate. In addition, the high school will be integrated “this year in the secularism training plan”, and “training on the management of sensitive questions and on secularism” will be organized there.