Man jailed after threatening to kill son's teacher in French village
The father had threatened to behead a female primary school teacher near Toulouse.
A man from Le Fauga, a village outside Toulouse, France, has been sentenced to six months in jail after threatening to kill a primary school teacher who had disciplined his son. The incident occurred six days after the teacher reprimanded the boy for disruptive behavior in class. The teacher, a woman, was granted official protection and has since taken sick leave.
French Education Minister Edouard Geffray emphasized the importance of teachers not being afraid to perform their duties, stating that attacking a teacher is an attack on the entire institution. This case marks one of the first instances where the recently enacted law protecting staff from potential threats by family members of students would be utilized.
The teacher's colleagues at the school did not return to work on the Monday following the threat on Friday. The village, with a population of around 2,600, had been deeply affected by a similar tragedy six years prior, when a teacher in the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine was beheaded by an 18-year-old Chechen refugee. On Monday, the father discussed the matter with the school, but the teacher resorted to sending his son to another class after his disruptive behavior persisted.
The teacher allegedly instructed the child to stop acting like a bully, at which point the father threatened her outside the school, allegedly saying he would cut her head off if he were a man. Following the incident, the father apologized, but a judicial complaint was filed, leading to his appearance before the Toulouse prosecutor on Thursday.
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