A man was arrested Thursday in Trouville (Calvados) as part of the investigation into online death threats received by the principal of the Ravel high school in Paris, we learned from a police source.
A young man of 26, from Hauts-de-Seine, had already been arrested in this case.
He is due to be tried on April 23 in Paris for having threatened the principal, who had asked a student to remove her veil within the school grounds.
The young man accused was placed under judicial supervision, according to the public prosecutor, while awaiting his trial
"for public provocation without effect to commit a willful attack on life"
, an offense punishable by five years of imprisonment. imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros.
The profile of the second man arrested in Normandy was not known at the end of Thursday.
Obligation to remove the veil
On February 28, the principal of the Ravel high school had
“reminded three students of their obligation to remove their veils”
within the premises of the establishment, according to the prosecution.
“One of them, an adult and studying in BTS, had ignored the principal, which caused an altercation
,” according to the same source.
Death threats against the principal were then made on the internet.
The investigation by the national center for the fight against online hatred, a specialized division of the Paris prosecutor's office, led to the arrest of the suspect.
Furthermore, investigations are continuing into two complaints: that filed by the student
"for violence not resulting in incapacity for work"
, and that filed by the principal
"for an act of intimidation towards a person participating in the “execution of a public service mission to obtain an exemption from the rules governing this service”
.