Overview
- Two men in a red Seat confronted two pupils outside Lycée Montaigne, demanded their phones and shoes, and tried to force one student into the car.
- Two teachers rushed in and freed the student, and the assailants threatened to hit the staff with a machete before fleeing as the shaken pupils took refuge inside.
- Police used video-surveillance to track the suspects’ route and arrested two adults the same evening in the 13th arrondissement.
- The Paris prosecutor said the pair were held on suspicion of attempting to extort students by demanding their phones and shoes, and the investigation continues.
- In response, the 6th arrondissement strengthened municipal police patrols outside the school, a swift step shaped by local concern after a separate 2025 machete killing of a former pupil following a phone theft.