Masked Youths Attack Outside Émile-Combes Lycée, Headmaster Hit by Projectile

Overview

• Early Monday morning a group of masked youths set fires to bins and threw projectiles at the gates of Lycée professionnel Émile-Combes in Bègles, near Bordeaux, prompting a police response.
• The school's headmaster (proviseur) was struck in the head and taken to hospital with injuries described by police as not posing major concern.
• Two police officers were also hurt while intervening and four people were arrested at the scene as investigators opened a formal probe into the attack.
• The lycée was closed for the day by its leadership as authorities secured the site and collected witness accounts and evidence.
• The incident follows a recent pattern of school leaders being targeted during unrest, raising questions about security at French high schools and possible wider tensions that investigators will now examine.