Attack in a high school in Arras: Classes canceled until 10 a.m., minute of silence, time for discussion… A tribute will be paid in all classes this Monday – Media7

Media7 October 15, 2023

Gabriel Attal, the Minister of National Education, announced on Saturday that “a time for both human and educational exchange within educational teams” would be planned for Monday morning in all middle and high schools in France.

This Saturday, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne gave a speech at 4:10 p.m. in the Grand Amphithéatre of the Sorbonne, in Paris, on the occasion of the presentation of the Samuel Paty Prize, organized at the initiative of the Association of Professors of History and Geography (APHG), Matignon said in a press release.

On this occasion, she will reaffirm the State’s unwavering support for teachers and the entire educational community, once again affected by an Islamist attack, the press release specifies.

Friday’s attack, which occurred at the Gambetta high school in Arras and which left one dead and three injured, was committed by Mohamed Mogouchkov, born in 2003 in Russia and listed as a radicalized Islamist. The latter was arrested by the police in the courtyard of the establishment, declared Friday the anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office, which opened an investigation for charges of “assassination in relation to a terrorist enterprise”, “attempted assassination in relationship with a terrorist enterprise” and “terrorist criminal association with a view to preparing crimes against people”.

The deceased teacher, Dominique Bernard, was a French teacher.

A tribute in class

“To this end, classes are canceled for students until 10 a.m., when they will return to their establishment,” said the minister, adding that at 2 p.m., a minute of silence would then be respected in each class in memory of the victims of the attacks.

Questioned on TF1 on Friday evening, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin considered that there was a link between the Arras attack and the situation in the Middle East, after the Hamas attacks against Israel and the Israeli retaliatory raids. on the Gaza Strip. He must speak again this Saturday around 6 p.m.