flowers in front of his high school, minute of silence at 3 p.m.

► Bouquets of flowers in front of the school

The students of the Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin high school in Saint-Jean-de-Luz arrived Thursday, February 23 in the morning with bouquets of flowers or white roses to pay tribute to their teacher Agnès Lassalle, who died after being stabbed the day before by a student. The students of the class concerned were taken care of by a psychological unit, as were those of the other two second classes.

► A minute of silence observed at 3 p.m.

A minute of silence will be observed at 3 p.m. in all secondary establishments in France which are not currently on leave. The Minister of National Education Pap Ndiaye will respect this minute of silence in a college in Albertville, in Savoie.

► Press conference at 3:15 p.m.

The Bayonne prosecutor Jérôme Bourrier, who has opened an investigation for “assassination”, will hold a press conference in the process, at 3:15 p.m. The alleged perpetrator of the attack, aged 16 and placed in police custody , “was not known to the police, nor to the justice services,” he said on Wednesday.

“His condition allows custody,” he added. Two sources familiar with the matter spoke of a young man holding “incoherent remarks” and with “proven psychiatric disorders”. The suspect had arrived at the start of the school year in this calm and popular college-high school in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, after having passed his patent with honors, confirmed the rectorate of Bordeaux.

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