Teacher doused with gasoline at La Ciotat student protest files police complaint

bfmtv.com (French) —

A teacher in La Ciotat, France, who was doused with gasoline during a student protest on Friday, has filed a police complaint following the attack, he announced on BFMTV this Saturday. Thierry Laurent, a physics-chemistry teacher, filed the complaint at his institution's request. He was attempting to extinguish a burning tree when a student sprayed him with gasoline and then struck him before fleeing. Laurent says he is not driven by anger but seeks an explanation from the student, hoping to meet him to discuss the act's origins. He reports minor eye damage from the fuel, with lesions expected to heal within three days, and plans to return to class Monday.


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