Emotions are running high within the political class after the attack on the schoolgirl on Tuesday in front of her Arthur Rimbaud college in Montpellier (Hérault). On the sidelines of his trip late Thursday morning during the inauguration of the Olympic aquatic center in Saint-Denis, Emmanuel Macron wished to
“have a word of solidarity for this young girl, for her family”.
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“There is nothing that justifies a young girl, a teenager, having been attacked by several young people of her age,”
said the President of the Republic in the Dionysian enclosure.
I think it is important in these moments to first be at the side of this young girl, her family, to give her all our support.
Relaunched, he expressed his desire
“to be extremely firm with regard to the authors of these acts”.
Samara, 14, was attacked on Tuesday in front of his college in Montpellier by three minors, at least one of whom attended the same establishment. The latter were taken into custody on Wednesday for attempted murder of a minor, according to a press release from the Montpellier public prosecutor's office.
“Seriously injured”
, the young girl came out of the coma and must be heard this Thursday. The victim's mother assured, on Europe 1 this Thursday morning, that her daughter was the victim of school harassment. The tenant of the Élysée prefers
“not to qualify things” and “to remain very cautious”
at this stage of the investigation.
“Declare war on this totalitarianism”
The Minister of Education Nicole Belloubet announced Thursday in the middle of the afternoon that she was launching an administrative investigation to
“find out everything about what happened during the previous weeks and months”
. She also indicated
“give eight days of work”
to this inspection mission
“and in eight days”
, she will have
“the elements”
from which she
“will draw all the conclusions”
.
The reactions of the political class were unanimous, from left to right, between indignation and support for the young teenager. On the side of the National Rally, it is
“Islamism which attacks our children”
which is directly targeted by Marine Le Pen. Samara's mother, in her testimony, assured that a possible religious character was linked to this affair. According to her, her daughter was called “
a kouffar, which means disbeliever in Arabic.” “It is time to declare war on this totalitarianism which attacks our children
,” continues the former president of the National Front on her X account.
“The School is facing an Islamist offensive and an outbreak of violence that must be urgently stopped
,” said Jordan Bardella, party candidate for the European elections on June 9.
On the LR side, the head of the European list, François-Xavier Bellamy, pointed out the
“serious violence against students, teachers, directors”
and affirmed that
“our education is going through an existential crisis but denial does not has not stopped
.
On the left, MP Sandrine Rousseau denounced an
“absolutely, totally, sexist aggression”
, recalling that
“all women have the right to dress as they wish”
. The first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, insisted that “
no one should be worried about their religious or civic opinions
”. “
Our collective duty is to protect all our fellow citizens from obscurantists who attack our freedoms. The aggression in Samara is a shame
,” the socialist wrote on his X account.