In Mulhouse, a 7 -year -old schoolboy discovered in possession of a knife – Liberation

The public prosecutor of Mulhouse, Nicolas Heitz, reported in his press release that the incident occurred on Monday, June 16 afternoon in the Koechlin elementary school. « The child would have expressed inclinations of revenge against a comrade following an argument », he said.

According to the prosecution, it is a student who informed the director of the school of the presence of the knife. « It seems that (the child) has boasted » To be able to use the knife against one of his comrades, added the rector of the Strasbourg Academy, Olivier Klein.

Still according to the prosecutor, once aware of the presence of the stabbing in his establishment, the director alerted the police. The little boy concerned was then taken to the police station, according to a police source, waiting for him to be recovered by a responsible adult.

Given his very young age and the presumption of absence of discernment, the child was the subject « From a reminder to order by his parents in the presence of the police ». For its part, the prosecution seized « The collection of worrying information of the European community of Alsace with a view to a social assessment in order to envisage educational care ». At the end of this evaluation, the prosecution « Will decide the opportunity to seize a children’s judge in educational assistance ».