Information not to be missed
Four days after the discovery of the bones of little Émile, research continued in the hamlet of Haut-Vernet (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) this Tuesday. Experts, including anthropologists and dog handlers, were dispatched to the site alongside around sixty gendarmes already mobilized. On Monday, dozens of investigators combed the surrounding area, but without a priori discovering new clues to shed light on the circumstances of his death.
Several questions still remain unanswered, such as the location of the discovery of the skull of the 2 and a half year old child and the role of the hiker who placed the child's bones herself, due to a lack of telephone network on site, according to the AFP. The investigation will have to scientifically determine whether the body was in this place when the child disappeared. The anthropologists will “try to identify if these bones were on site or if they could have been brought back by a person, an animal, or the weather conditions,” said the gendarmerie spokesperson.
The village, once again sealed off by the authorities, is in shock. “If we missed out, it’s because we’re bad, but really bad! » says an angry resident who took part in the searches. A new press conference by the Aix-en-Provence prosecutor is announced this Tuesday at 6 p.m.
What to also remember
Threats from Iran after strikes in Damascus.
“This cowardly crime will not go unanswered”: Iran has promised to retaliate for a raid on an Iranian diplomatic building in Syria, where Tehran and its allies support the power of President Bashar al-Assad. Eleven people died, including seven Revolutionary Guards.
School shooting in Finland.
A 12-year-old child opened fire and injured three children of the same age on Tuesday morning at a school in Vantaa, north of Helsinki. The suspected shooter was arrested “calmly” around 10 a.m. A crisis unit has been set up.
Employees of an American NGO killed in Gaza.
Several employees of the American NGO World Central Kitchen, which delivers food to the Gaza Strip, were killed in an Israeli strike on Monday. The NGO mentions the death of seven people, some of whom were from Australia, Poland and the United Kingdom. This Tuesday, Israel promised to investigate this tragedy.
Death of Guadeloupean writer Maryse Condé.
The author and journalist, who also taught literature, died at the age of 90 in Vaucluse. This great traveler leaves behind an essential work, in which she explored the themes of colonialism, slavery and multiple black identities.
It concerns you
Beware of disruptions in schools and colleges. Teachers' unions are calling for a strike and demonstrations this Tuesday to demand the abandonment of the "shock of knowledge" measures, particularly the middle school level groups. The Snes-FSU, the first secondary school union, with the SNEP-FSU (physical and sports education), SUD Éducation, the CGT éduc'action and the FNEC-FP FO fear that the level groups planned from the start of the school year do not result in “sorting of students”.
Nearly 80 rallies are already planned in the country, including several in Paris. The unions are also demonstrating to demand an increase in their salaries and “resources for public schools”.