At a press conference, prosecutor Denis Devallois assessed that the perpetrator “lost his landmarks when it comes to the value of human life, to which he does not attach special significance.” The 14-year-old does not show “any signs” suggesting any mental disordersbut “does not express regret or compassion for victims,” the prosecutor reportedly. He added that the boy He reveals “some fascination with violence and death.” However, he was not the type of loner and did not spend much time on social media.
As the prosecutor added, the student testified that he wanted to attack the tutor, because “he hated the behavior of the educators generally – according to him – treating different students.” He did not have a special injury to his victim.
Tragedy in France. The 14-year-old faces 20 years in prison
A few days earlier, he was admonished by another person from the group of teachers and with the intention of an attack at school he had been wearing from Saturday. At the end of 2024, he was punished twice for hitting other students. The 14-year-old, as Devallois said, seems “detached” from reality both in terms of the seriousness of the act and the effects for himself. He faces a penalty of up to 20 years imprisonment.
The fatal victim was the attack 31-year-old tutor, mother of a few-year-old child. She has worked at school for less than a year. The French Education Minister Elisabeth Borne ordered a minute of silence in all schools in the country Wednesday at noon to celebrate her memory.
French President Emmanuel Macron after a tragedy in Nogent announced that France may prohibit access to social media to people under the age of 15 if the ban is not introduced at the European Union level.
