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Marne: investigation opened after a threatening letter received by a teacher

2023-03-02T15:53:37.053Z


An investigation was opened after the complaint of a teacher from a high school in Epernay (Marne), threatened in an anonymous letter received at her home,...


An investigation was opened after the complaint of a teacher from a high school in Epernay (Marne), threatened in an anonymous letter received at her home, we learned Thursday, March 2 from the prosecution of Châlons-en- Champagne and the rectorate.

This investigation "

was carried out for threats of crimes or aggravated offenses against a person in charge of a public service mission

", specified to AFP the prosecutor of Châlons-en-Champagne, Ombeline Mahuzier, confirming information from the 'Union.

Threat “taken very seriously”

This case comes a few days after the murder of a Spanish teacher in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques which upset the French educational community and a little more than two years after the assassination of another teacher, Samuel Paty, beheaded by a young radicalized Islamist.

Any threat to a teacher is taken very seriously

,” insisted Ms. Mahuzier, specifying that its author was liable to a three-year prison sentence and a 45,000 euro fine.

The teacher was heard and a psychological and medical examination ordered.

Contacted by AFP, the rectorate of the Reims academy "

strongly condemns this revolting and unacceptable act

" and specifies that "

the teacher benefits from functional protection

", offering her legal assistance in particular.

"

No reason, no motivation can justify such an act vis-à-vis a teacher, who, with passion and commitment, exercises his profession

", reacted the president of the Grand Est regional council, Franck Leroy, in a communicated.

SEE ALSO

- Teacher killed in Saint-Jean-de-Luz: the student indicted for murder and placed in pre-trial detention

Source: lefigaro

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