“I went to sports with four girlfriends.
When we cross the roundabout a police car passed very quickly in front of us.
Then we saw a crowd.
As we approached, we saw the young man with lots of blood on his t-shirt.
He sat dazed but conscious against the bus stop.
I called my parents who reassured me.
" Met this Friday morning, in front of the Louis-Lumière high school in Chelles (Seine-et-Marne), whose entries are filtered by three agents of the regional security brigade dispatched by the regional council of Île-de-France, Lucile *, a high school student, witnessed, around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, the moments that followed the particularly violent scene.
As the victim was heading towards the establishment, a car stopped at his level and three hooded and gloved men got out.
One of them hit the year-old teenager in the back of the head with a baseball bat, while one of the passengers in the car tried to gas the victim.
A third assailant, armed with a sharp weapon, probably a hatchet, struck him with a blow to the left shoulder blade and another blow to the left forearm.
The seriously injured high school student was taken care of by the emergency services.
One person - the driver of the vehicle - was arrested.
Elements confirmed by the parquet floor of Meaux.
The investigation, opened for aggravated violence, was entrusted to the police station of the agglomeration of Chelles-Villeparisis.
According to our information, the individual arrested, residing in Pontault-Combault, was unknown to the police.
Still hospitalized, the victim could not be heard at this stage.
This Friday morning, a police car parked in front of the school entrance.
The attacked student is 17 years old.
He is educated in the first professional class Trades and sales.
Two students from his class witnessed the whole scene yesterday.
“We saw people running from the school exit to the bus stop.
A dark gray Renault Clio parked near him, says one of them.
Three tall hooded men got out of the car while the driver remained behind the wheel.
It lasted three seconds.
They targeted two high school students but only injured one.
He was all cut in one arm.
It was impressive.
We do not understand because he is not in trouble.
A priori, today, it is better.
»
“We talked about it with my French teacher, she reassured us”
Thursday afternoon, the students had a long discussion with their main teacher on this subject.
"He told us not to hang around in front of the establishment until the Christmas holidays and not to seek revenge for the injured student even if some know the attackers", reports the high school student who specifies that there are only four of them. of their class to have gone to high school this Friday morning.
“There were already stab wounds last year inside the premises for a settling of scores [Editor’s note: the facts took place on April 22, 2022].
It worries me to know that it started again yesterday, comments Mathis *, another student.
On the bus shelters here you can see the impacts of firecrackers [Editor's note: firework mortars].
Once we even had some in high school.
»
Chelles, Lycée Louis-Lumière, Friday December 2, 2022 at 9:15 a.m.
According to a witness, moments after his attack the victim was sitting against the bus stop, "stunned but conscious, the t-shirt covered in blood.
Julie, in 3rd professional, regularly met this young dark-haired in her bus.
She arrived at the scene around 2 p.m.
“He had a huge bloodstain on his back and arm.
It shocked me.
He was surrounded by three on-site police cars and a fire ambulance.
He was in a daze.
Then I went back to class and we talked about it with my French teacher.
She reassured us.
But, for the moment we have not received any communication from the management about what happened.
»
This Friday morning, in a press release, Daniel Auverlot, the rector of the Créteil academy, strongly condemns this attack and assures the entire educational community of its full support.
“An academic listening cell was set up on Thursday afternoon.
It is available to students and staff of the establishment, ”specifies the rectorate.
The FCPE calls for more resources in "establishments that we know are difficult"
Late Thursday afternoon, Valérie Pécresse, the president of the Île-de-France regional council announced the intervention of the BRS at the Lycée Louis-Lumière.
“A regional security brigade will be deployed tomorrow in front of the Lycée de Chelles (77) following the attack on a young person with an ax today.
Faced with the rise of gang brawls, the region is working to bring security to the surroundings of high schools!
“, she had tweeted.
Stéphanie Durel, from FCPE 77, also reacted on Facebook to the rise in violence in schools in Seine-et-Marne.
"For a year, it has been increasing," she warns.
We are asking for more resources around colleges and high schools.
Our young people have been in distress and psychologically suffering since the Covid years.
The State must do something so that they can be framed!
We would like prevention with more resources such as mediators in establishments that we know are difficult.
»
Last month, Brice Rabaste, the mayor (LR) of Chelles pointed out to Le Parisien that he had put in place means near cultural centers to fight against brawls in the city.
Recently, the town hall launched a week of prevention at the cultural center for college students which, among other subjects, addresses this theme with professionals.
“We have installed video protection around the entrances.
We have also reinforced the passage of buses around the establishments because we know that a crowd at the bus shelters can generate fights, ”he said.
A regional security brigade will be deployed tomorrow in front of the Lycée de Chelles (77) following the attack on a young person with an ax today.
Faced with the rise of band fights, the region is working to bring security to the surroundings of high schools!
@bricerabaste
— Valérie Pécresse (@vpecresse) December 1, 2022
On April 22, a 16-year-old boy was violently stabbed in a hallway at Lycée Louis-Lumière by an assailant from outside the establishment.
*Name has been changed.