A schoolboy arrested and taken into custody after molesting a transgender high school student

With the increase in suicide cases due to school bullying, the Minister of National Education Gabriele Attalwho promised a “ electroshock at all levels » particularly by the various rectors and academies.

Although the acts could be considered disproportionate, depending on the rhetoric? On Tuesday 19 September, in the Henri-Barbusse college in Alfortville (Val-de-Marne), a middle school student who molested a high school student was arrested by the police in the classroom.

The victim was the target of transphobic harassment

The case began when the parents of a fifteen-year-old high school student were received by the principal of the institution where the victim, a young transgender teenager, was enrolled in the second grade.

The student’s father then filed a complaint with the city police station, claiming that his daughter had been targeted transphobic messagesas well as death threats on Instagram.

Thanks to the screenshots, the police were able to identify the author of these messages, a 14 year old teenager, and challenged him while he was in class. He was then taken into custody.

According to the rectorate, the interrogations are excessive

Even if the perpetrator of this harassment were found, the rector of the Créteil academy questions the arrest, judging the method used disproportionate : “ We are discussing with the authorities concerned to understand under what conditions police officers may have been called to intervene in a school to arrest a student in class. »writes the rectorate in a press release.

An investigation was opened against the high school student for violence resulting in inability to work for less than eight days and death threats, and harassment due to the victim’s sex or sexual orientation was considered an aggravating circumstance.

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The schoolboy, who admitted the facts and expressed regret, was brought before the magistrate on Tuesday 19 September. He was ordered to carry out a “ educational measure » reported theFrench media agencyBe one” an activity that benefits the community “.