A history teacher at a high school in Le Havre, northern France, threatened his students with a knife in the middle of class.
The facts date back to the Saturday of the last session of history class before the All Saints holidays, when the teacher brought out his bladed weapon while discussing the murder of Professor Dominique Bernard in Arras on October 13th.
The teacher who spoke of the murder of his colleagues, including Professor Dominique Bernard, who was killed in Arras on October 13, quickly lost his resources and gave way to anger, the newspaper Paris reported in Normandy on Tuesday.
The teacher, visibly shaken by the death of Professor Bernard, spoke of the “work of mourning” that he was not able to mourn like “his brother” Samuel Paty, who was murdered on October 16, 2020. He didn’t appreciate two students talking during his speech.
“I’m tired of wasting my time and doing my job as a teacher for which people are murdered!” He fumed before taking a knife out of his pocket, according to student statements from “Paris Normandie”.
The management of the facility, alerted by the high school students, then interrupted the teacher in his delirium and escorted him out of the room. However, we do not know whether sanctions would be imposed against him.