Violence becomes the daily life of Mayotte.
Three people, including two minors, were indicted for murder on Saturday, the day after the death of a high school student victim of assault, the prosecution announced.
Miki, 17, was hit with scissors Thursday afternoon on leaving Mtsangadoua high school in the north of this French department in the Indian Ocean.
The young man was assaulted by a high school student from the same establishment, as he was about to board the bus that brought him home.
Injured to the lungs, neck and head, he was evacuated by helicopter to the Mayotte Hospital Center (CHM) in Mamoudzou, where he died on Friday.
His assault was the third of the week in high schools in Mayotte.
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As soon as Miki's family and the residents of Mtsamboro learned of what had happened to him, roadblocks were erected in the locality.
A crisis meeting was held during the day on Friday to try to calm the anger of the inhabitants, in the presence of the mayor of the town, elected officials from neighboring villages, officials of the gendarmerie, the secretary general of the prefecture and the Rector of Mayotte, Gilles Halbout.
The parents of the students called in particular for the repair of the fence, the reinforcement of the security personnel and psychological support.
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In 2018, it was following the incursion of about fifty young people at the Eiffel high school in Kahani that the Mahorais took to the streets to demonstrate against insecurity.
The movement had lasted three months, completely paralyzing this island in the Indian Ocean which has just celebrated the 10th anniversary of its accession to the status of a department.
