In a statement listing the “worrying facts” noted during the days of 1 and 2 October 2026, the Observatoire des libertés de Montpellier (OLM) reports, according to Le Poing, tear gas fired by the CDI at high-school students, “notably outside the Pierre-Mendès-France lycée” (translated). Le Poing does not say which of the two days is concerned: the date of 1 October, the first day of the period covered by the statement, is retained to file the entry and is not established.
Attributed context: according to Le Poing (article of 2 October), fires broke out on 1 October at Pierre-Mendès-France (written “Mendez-France”), at Jules-Guesde and at Mermoz, which led the prefect of Hérault to order the closure of these schools for the next day. France 3 Occitanie (2 October) cites Pierre-Mendès-France among the six schools that stayed closed in Hérault that day. None of these sources describes gas being fired outside this lycée.
Follow-up
No complaint or investigation is reported in the sources read as of 2026-10-05.
What is missing to confirm
The fact rests on a single mention in an observatory statement, relayed by a single media outlet, without a precise date (1 or 2 October), without circumstances or a quoted witness, and without a reaction from an authority. It would need the OLM statement itself, a student’s testimony or a dated video, or a second media outlet. Read as of 2026-10-05: Le Poing (02/10 and 05/10), France 3 Occitanie (02/10), ICI Hérault (01/10), Hérault Tribune (01/10), ToutMontpellier (01/10). Not read: the OLM statement, Midi Libre, Actu Montpellier, Métropolitain, La Gazette de Montpellier.