'Girl, 14, left in coma after attack by teenagers outside school in France
Three minors have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after incident in Montpellier

Agence France-Presse in Montpellier
Thu 4 Apr 2024 13.16 EDT
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The French government has launched an urgent investigation after a 14-year-old girl was severely wounded and left in a coma after being beaten outside her school by three other teenagers in the south of France.

The three alleged attackers, including a girl who was at the same school as the victim in the suburbs of the southern city of Montpellier, have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of a minor.

The incident comes at a time of heightened tensions around French schools and after dozens of messages threatening attacks were sent through an internal messaging system.

The victim, named as Samara, had come out of her coma but was “seriously wounded” in the attack on Tuesday afternoon outside Arthur Rimbaud college in the district of La Mosson-La Paillade, prosecutors said.

One of the accused is a girl from the same school, also 14, who was arrested on Wednesday and admits to having beaten the victim, the prosecutors said in a statement on Wednesday. The two other minors arrested are aged 14 and 15.

Nicole Belloubet, the education minister, ordered an investigation by inspectors from her ministry who would have eight working days starting from Friday to report back on the circumstances surrounding the attack. “This mission will aim both to establish the reality of the facts and to establish responsibilities,” she told BFMTV, adding that Samara was owed “the truth”.';

'Her mother, Hassiba, said in media interviews that her daughter had been bullied by a fellow pupil for two and a half years, raising the possibility this could have been over her behaviour and clothing being deemed un-Islamic.

“I don’t actually understand this child’s reasons for constantly attacking Samara, but there is something. I think it’s … the fact that she [Samara] … is maybe a little more liberated than some students,” she told BFMTV.

She accused this classmate of being the “sponsor” of the attack and claimed that this schoolgirl had been suspended for two days in June 2023, in particular after having published a photo of her daughter on social networks calling for her to be raped.

In televised comments, the president, Emmanuel Macron, expressed “solidarity” with the girl but urged caution in drawing conclusions about the circumstances of the attack. “At this stage I would be wary of categorising things and I want the full truth to be established in calm and the conclusions to be drawn then,” he said.

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What are the US-Mexico border camps and why are children held there?';

'>no muslims beating girls into a coma isn't news';

'>>1284771
It happens every day.';

'>>1284776
chud headcanon is wild

>>1284771
>number of times the word muslim is included in this article : 0
Stop falling for chud bait. Its pathetic.';

'>>1284782
>Her mother, Hassiba, said in media interviews that her daughter had been bullied by a fellow pupil for two and a half years, raising the possibility this could have been over her behaviour and clothing being deemed un-Islamic.
>deemed un-Islamic.
are you illiterate or just jewish?';

'>>1284628
This is why nigs must be hanged after the first time they chimp out.';

'>>1284787
So, to review, no official source identifies the attackers as muslim. The police don't. The reporters don't. The school doesn't. The only evidence that Islam has anything to do with this story is a random guess by the vitim's mother that its possible that someone bullying her daughter might have done so because of Islamaphobia. Please, don't accuse others of being illiterate with the reading comprehension skill of a retarded sea turtle.';

'>>1284789
holy shit you can't fucking read and are incredibly jewish
>girl and mother are arabic
>girl gets bullied for not wearing a burka
>girl continues to dress like a western rostie
>other girls beat her for not wearing a burka
I don't think french girls are beating other girls for not dressing muslim, I think that would be muslim girls';

'>>1284798
>times the word "arabic" are contained in this article : 0
>times the word "burka" are contained in this article : 0
>times the word "muslim" are contained in this article : 0

Seek treatment for your severe paranoid schizophrenia';

'>>1284803
holy shit you are literally illiterate';

'>>1284805
You're correct. I cannot read the article you've written in your mind. I can only read the article linked here in this dimension. Good luck with your mental illness.';

'>>1284807
>zoomer reading comprehension
this is why obongo made commoncore, so he could end literacy';

'>>1284808
thank you for making real life a parody, right wing schizo';

'>>1284808
lmao dude just ignore him, he's not wroth talking to';

'>>1284859
>momma why don't other people share my headcanon?
Cuz you're a retard, son';

'>>1284803
Typical smug ignorant liberal faggotry on display here. Next time read the article instead of doing control+F.
>Her mother, Hassiba, said in media interviews that her daughter had been bullied by a fellow pupil for two and a half years, raising the possibility this could have been over her behaviour and clothing being deemed un-Islamic.
>“I don’t actually understand this child’s reasons for constantly attacking Samara, but there is something. I think it’s … the fact that she [Samara] … is maybe a little more liberated than some students,” she told BFMTV.
Too bad the kid doesn't have a dad to plainly say that it's because they're muslims that don't belong in France.';

'>>1284912
It's kind of like when white southern conservatives (who live in modern republican areas) killed other Americans in a civil war for not hating blacks. Except it's a single isolated incident';

'>>1284914
It's the schitzo who's afraid of Southerners! This thread is not about America. Go away.';

'>>1284934
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analogy';

'they voted for this so not my problem.';

'>>1284936
but op said it was disgusting. you are supposed to be disgusted.';

'>>1284628

i remember they knifed some party.. and since then i never heard anything if those were arrested and got into prisons..';

'>>1284914
>no we have to make this even in france about the civil war in the US reeeeeeeeeeeeeeee';

'>>1284988
Correct';

'>>1284628
It's crazy that europe actually voted for this';

'>>1284992
bot post';

'>>1284992
There's no such thing as Democracy in eurotrash land.';