The police arrested him at 6 a.m. this Friday, at his home in the Val-Fourré district in Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines).
The 16-year-old admitted being the author of the mortar fire that occurred Tuesday morning in the Jean-Rostand high school.
If the incident did not cause any injuries, it had occurred after several days of tension and degradation in the premises of the establishment.
In particular, an educational vehicle was set on fire and the teachers exercised their right of withdrawal.
"The use of videos that have appeared on social networks, and the cross-checking of several anonymous but consistent testimonies have enabled us to trace it back to him," indicates a source familiar with the matter.
It was important to intervene quickly to reassure everyone because the facts are very serious.
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A student in a CAP for welding boilermaking, the defendant, who is not known to the courts, has the reputation of being "quite dissipated in class".
He is being prosecuted for deliberate damage with use of a weapon by destination.
A supervised return to normal
This Friday, the Rostand high school gradually found its world.
A staggered start to the school year was set up to discuss with the students before resuming their usual schedule.
A time necessary to evoke the seriousness of the events and to recall the internal regulations.
An academic support team was present on site from 7 a.m. to ensure a reinforced visual check of the bags at the entrance.
The municipal police completed the device.
The Academy of Versailles has also made available an additional post of educational assistant (AED) to reinforce the two currently in post until the end of the year.
Thursday, the day had been trivialized to allow the teaching staff to work on this educational action in order to ensure the serene resumption of classes.
On Wednesday, a delegation of staff had also been received by the academic direction of Yvelines to show them the support of the institution.
