Rouen: head of Blaise-Pascal lycée hit by a firework mortar shot during a blockade, per France 3 and education authority
On 1 October, fires are lit outside Blaise-Pascal lycée and its head is injured, by a firework mortar shot per France 3. The education authority denounces an attack of “unprecedented violence”.
Date
1 October 2026
Place
Lycée Blaise-Pascal, Rouen (76)
Context
School blockade
Legal follow-up
Unknown
The acts of violence (2)
Protesters → peopleAllegedMinor injury
The Normandy education authority (rectorat) confirms that the head of Blaise-Pascal lycée was injured on the morning of 1 October and treated by emergency services, a victim of an “unacceptable attack of unprecedented violence” (translated). According to France 3 Normandie (“according to our information” (translated)), he was hit by a firework mortar shot; the education authority does not describe the act. Severity: injured and treated by emergency services according to the education authority (relayed by France 3 and ICI); the injury is not described in more detail.
Firework mortar · School head
Perpetrators not identified: no source names them. The events took place during an action of the movement.
Protesters → propertyEstablishedUnknown
According to the ICI reporter on the spot, numerous fires are lit outside the access door to Blaise-Pascal lycée. France 3 reports a controversial video which, filmed from inside, shows a fire located outside the school, not inside.
Fire, Public building · Fires lit outside the lycée's access door (extent of damage not specified); classes suspended
Perpetrators not identified: no source names them. The events took place during an action of the movement.
Established: recognised by a magistrate, a video authenticated by a news outlet, or a medical report. Alleged: reported, neither confirmed nor denied. Disputed: reported, then denied by an authority.
On Thursday 1 October 2026, numerous fires are lit outside the access door of Blaise-Pascal lycée, in Rouen (ICI). The education authority (rectorat) states that the head of this school, like that of Élisa-Lemonnier lycée in Petit-Quevilly (another entry), was injured and quickly treated by emergency services, and condemns “with the utmost firmness the unacceptable attacks of unprecedented violence” of which they were victims (translated) (France 3, ICI). Classes are suspended at Blaise-Pascal until further notice.
According to France 3 Normandie (“according to our information” (translated)), the head of Blaise-Pascal was hit by a firework mortar shot. The education authority, for its part, does not describe the act. No source read says who fired or in what circumstances.
Follow-up
No complaint, investigation or arrest linked to this scene is reported in the articles read as of 2026-10-05.