They had eight days to submit their report. The first results of the “flash mission”, requested by Nicole Belloubet after the attack on Samara, 14, beaten in front of her college in Montpellier, were handed over to the Minister of National Education on Friday.
In a press release, the ministry provides the first elements of the investigation which reveal “complex conflict situations and malicious use of networks”.
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The mission, which must in particular determine whether any faults were committed by the staff of the establishment, conducted “more than twenty interviews” specifies the press release, indicating that all the witnesses have not yet been able to be interviewed. . The victim, who left the hospital on Monday, has not yet been heard from. His mother, Hassiba, who had denounced the school's inaction, was interviewed at length.
The role of social networks
According to the first elements of the investigation, "subject to a certain number of future checks", the General Inspectorate of Education, Sport and Research indicates that, for the students concerned, "the situations are conflicting and complex but known to the establishment and followed closely. And added: “The mission will continue to examine all the work carried out in the establishment in terms of medical monitoring, student support, school life, including the implementation of measures to combat harassment ".
Finally, the role of social networks seems clear in this aggression. “A malicious and extensive use of social networks, particularly through
Fisha
accounts
, seems to be at the origin of the attack,” the press release specifies. These accounts allow the dissemination of humiliating photomontages and diverted videos causing a climate of aggression between students. The comments in question appear to be marked by a sexist and sexual nature. »
Three minors indicted
Three minors aged 14 and 15, who admitted to having hit Samara, were indicted last Friday for “attempted intentional homicide” and placed under judicial supervision. The prosecution had indicated that this surge of violence would find its origin in “invectives” between students on social networks.
These three minors, a 14-year-old girl studying like Samara at the Arthur-Rimbaud college, in the working-class district of La Mosson-La Paillade, and two boys aged 14 and 15 attending other establishments in the city, had been arrested and placed in police custody on Wednesday, the day after the beating of the teenager.
“The mission will continue its work next week on site, in parallel with the judicial investigation,” continues the press release from the ministry, which recalls “its confidence in the National Education teams to implement the policy to fight against harassment, which constitutes an absolute priority for the Government. »