(Euronews) An 18-year-old student was taken into police custody on Monday evening after allegedly assaulting her teacher at Lycée Sévigné in the northern French city of Tourcoing.
The incident reportedly happened after the teacher asked the student to remove her headscarf, as she put it back on while preparing to leave school.
The student refused and subsequently pushed, slapped, and struck the teacher before fleeing the scene. She was later found at her home and placed under arrest.
The teacher, a social and medical sciences instructor, has filed a formal complaint, and classes at the school were cancelled on Tuesday as teachers exercised their right to strike in response to the incident.
