Overview
- Prosecutors opened an inquiry for deliberate destruction by fire after multiple simultaneous ignition points and inflammable containers were found at the Grésilles campus.
- Authorities say a four‑person commando entered around 1 a.m. and fled; investigators are searching for the suspects and have reported no arrests.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez and Education Minister Édouard Geffray visited the site, with Nuñez pointing to probable reprisals tied to recent anti‑drug operations in the neighborhood.
- Roughly twenty classrooms and the computer room were devastated and electrical systems damaged, forcing a closure until at least the next school year.
- Psychological support and short‑term remote teaching are in place this week, and students will be redistributed across other Dijon middle schools after the Christmas break.