Students in survival blankets in front of the Lycée Tocqueville in Grasse. – Philippe Farjon / AP / SIPA
- The trial of the shooting that broke out in a high school in Grasse in March 2017 was held in Nice for three weeks.
- Killian, 16 at the time of the facts and accused of attempted assassinations, will find himself alongside an alleged accomplice.
- His troubled personality should be at the center of the debate.
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35 minutes. It is 35 minutes of nightmare that the civil parties present at the extraordinary trial that will open this Monday afternoon and for three weeks in Nice, will relive assize court miners in the Alpes-Maritimes. That of the first school shooting in France,
occurred on March 16, 2017 at Alexis de Tocqueville high school, in Grasse.
That day, at lunchtime, Killian, a 16-year-old pupil from 1st grade, broke into the establishment with a whole arsenal stolen from his grandfather and an improvised explosive device. Armed, among other things, with a hunting rifle and a revolver, he had injured five people, including the school principal, who had tried to reason with him.
Fascinated by the American Columbine massacre
The proceedings, which could be held behind closed doors (the accused was a minor at the time of the events), should obviously focus on Killian’s troubled personality. His fascination for the Columbine massacreIn the United States, Satanist weapons and images had finally encouraged his parents to refer him to a psychiatrist. The expert had concluded
“That there was no reason to worry”, according to the young man’s lawyer in 2017.
However, the act had been carefully thought out and prepared. He even advertised it in videos. Including the day before March 16, 2017. “It’s all going to burn. Tomorrow is the big day. I will have my revenge, “he said, filming himself outside the school.
He faces up to twenty years in prison
Before the investigators, he clearly explained that he wanted to kill a dozen students for which he wanted revenge. And for reasons that he had specifically explained during his interrogations: one because she “believed in God” or another because he “was really effeminate”.
In detention since the facts, he had changed his version, explaining that he only wanted to “scare them”. Accused of “assassination attempts”, he faces up to 20 years in prison. An alleged accomplice, 17 at the time of the crime and accused of helping him prepare for the shooting, will also have to explain himself.
