Misunderstanding remains after the rampage at a school in Melun – Le Figaro

Twenty-two children are heard since Monday by police Melun to understand who is behind the sacking of the kindergarten of Mézereaux.

Almost 25,000 euros of work will be required for the rehabilitation of the kindergarten of Melun Mézereaux in Seine-et-Marne the latest estimates of the Town Hall. A cost which illustrates the extent of the damage caused by twenty children, Saturday, August 1. Aged 5-13 years, they are introduced into the establishment around 19h and jerk several classrooms. Alerted by a local resident, the police have carried out the arrest of 22 children and return them to their parents. Since Monday, they are heard in turn by the policemen from Melun. A query based on the role of each: “For now, no one knows who actually participated and watched” explains Ségolène Durant, Deputy Mayor of Melun

Due to. age of children, “the hearings are complicated,” says Natacha Merrien, Divisional Commissioner of Melun in charge of the investigation. Nevertheless, the police commissioner explains that “leaders of a group stands out for now.” Originally from the area, some young people were enrolled in the institution several years ago. “Some of them are becoming aware of their actions even if it is difficult for such young children,” she explains, adding that their sides’ parents are low profile. ” The hearings will last until vendedi. If the investigation seeks to determine at this time the involvement of each other, prosecutors seize “a juvenile judge afterwards and probably deliver educational measures as well as financial compensation,” according to Natacha Merrien.

“The school will be ready” for the start

Currently, the municipality aims to manage the situation and to make it possible for local access the next school year. “Today, personal take inventory of materials that can be recovered. Next week, a cleaning company will intervene to proceed with the restoration, “explains Ségolène Durant, the municipality of Melun. Furniture overturned and broken glass strewn rooms, paint and glue were overturned and spread on the walls. The city council says that services will succeed in restoring the premises to September. “Children will be welcomed on September 1 in the same way as in other schools in the city. The school will be ready, “assures the deputy mayor.

But to the extent of the damage and the costs of rehabilitation, politicians say they are determined to pay the parents. The municipality, which has already filed a complaint against X on Monday does not exclude the transformation of nominative manner thereafter. “We are waiting to see how the current process is evolving and we will see later what he can do,” says Ségolène Durant.

“A landlocked district less than before”

In the district of Mézereaux, reactions are discrete. “This is the first time such a rampage occurs at Melun explains Deputy Mayor, hence our total incomprehension at such acts.” The social center of Mézereaux located not far from the school, it was explained that the reactions are rare. “For now, we have some parents return but it is also because we know nothing about this story,” a nuance officer of the center. Classified as priority education zones, the area is “not worse than another,” she says. For ten years an urban rehabilitation project is underway. “It is less landlocked and greener than before. There are games for children, “explains the teacher. More than an environmental problem is the education given by parents who blamed. For an employee of the social center, “such actions have more to parenting than children’s responsibility. Yet it is something that we work every day, “she says.