Overview

• On June 10, a 14-year-old student stabbed 31-year-old school monitor Mélanie G. to death at the entrance of Françoise-Dolto college in Nogent during an unannounced bag check by gendarmes, and a gendarme was injured.
• The minor suspect has been charged with aggravated murder of a public servant and is being held in pretrial detention, facing a maximum sentence of 20 years due to his age.
• The government will present Mélanie G. with the Legion of Honour and the title of Commandeur des Palmes académiques posthumously.
• Her only child will be granted the status of pupille de la Nation in recognition of the family’s loss.
• The Education Ministry is banning knife sales to minors and installing security portals at school entrances to prevent future violence.