Bègles high school principal struck by projectile, Digi Mart USA News (Bègles, Gironde, France): Four people have been arrested after the principal of a high school in Bègles, in the Gironde department near Bordeaux, was struck in the head by a projectile on the morning of Monday, November 9, according to a report by ICI Gironde.
According to the Bègles town hall, about thirty hooded individuals arrived by tram. They set fire to the two gates of the Émile Combes high school and then threw projectiles, one of which hit the principal in the head.
The principal had to be taken to the hospital.
Two members of the security forces were also slightly injured during the incident. The town hall described it as “a chaotic scene” and noted that the events took place a few hundred meters from a primary school.
The Bordeaux academy rectorate said a complaint will be filed.
