Mailyss was a final year student at the Romain-Rolland high school in Ivry-sur-Seine. She was shot dead on Monday, leaving behind a lifeless body.

"For me, she was a classmate, nothing more, but she had friends there. And then his chair remained empty," says one student. "Very complicated,” adds another, her face marked by sadness. “It’s hard,’ slips a student in management science and technology (STMG)