"Words are very little in the face of such a tragedy," he says. "This is a tragedy that mourns us all," responded the Minister of National Education Gabriel Attal on Wednesday, after a 15-year-old boy killed himself at his home in Poissy (Yvelines), Tuesday. "Each tragedy is one tragedy too many," insisted the minister, who announced the launch of an administrative investigation and a "strong initiative" to come against harassment.
The teenager, previously schooled in Poissy, had been the victim of "bullying" and "repeated insults" from other students between 2022 and 2023. An appointment was arranged at his school in December, before his parents were received in March 2023. But the latter denounced, in April, "the lack of measures taken in the face of this situation of harassment," said Gabriel Attal.
Schooled in "3rd "prep trades" at the Adrienne Bolland high school in Poissy, the teenager benefited from a "regular follow-up" by a CPE, "until the end of the school year," said Gabriel Attal. In September, however, he returned to another establishment in Paris.
A visit by Brigitte Macron on Thursday
Tuesday in the early evening, the emergency services intervened in Poissy for a 15-year-old boy found hanged at his home. After attempts at resuscitation, without success, the teenager was pronounced dead, according to a police source.
"The desperate act of the young teenager from Poissy plunges us into immense sadness. We parents can all be concerned by such an appalling gesture, "responded the deputy Renaissance of Yvelines Karl Olives, former mayor of Poissy, on X (formerly Twitter). According to our information, First Lady Brigitte Macron, and MP Karl Olive will go this Thursday to the home of the boy's mother in Poissy.
Bullying at school, which affects one in ten students, has been made a top priority for the government for the 2023-2024 school year, after the suicide of 13-year-old Lindsay in the spring in Pas-de-Calais.