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| Teacher calls Toulouse shooter a "victim" |
| 2012-03-23 |
| An English teacher sparked outrage across France today after calling for her pupils to observe a minute's silence for Toulouse serial killer Mohammed Merah. In disturbing scenes at Gustave Flaubert High School in Rouen, Normandy, Lorraine Collin, 56, described the 23-year-old who murdered seven including three children as himself being the 'victim of an unhappy childhood'. This prompted up to 15 pupils aged between 17 and 18 to storm out of their classroom and report Ms Collin to their headmaster Luc Chatel, France's Education Minister, called for Ms Collin to be 'suspended immediately', saying he 'condemned this unspeakable behaviour without reservation'. It came as Merah's elder brother said he was 'very proud' of what his brother had done, hailing him as someone who fought for what he believed in. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 Ms. Collins was last seen rapidly rowing across the Channel. |
| Posted by: manversgwtw 2012-03-23 21:02 |
| #2 Changing my nick in the cookie |
| Posted by: phil_b 2012-03-23 20:25 |
| #1 This prompted up to 15 pupils aged between 17 and 18 to storm out of their classroom and report Ms Collin to their headmaster Maybe there's hope for France yet... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2012-03-23 18:39 |