French Teen Who Brandished Fake Gun on Teacher Has Been Charged

French Teen Who Brandished Fake Gun on Teacher Has Been Charged
French Education Minister and Youth Affairs Jean-Michel Blanquer addresses media about a video of a teenager in a Paris suburb threatening his teacher with a fake gun at the Ministry of National Education in Paris, on Oct. 21, 2018. Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images
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A French teen was charged with aggravated violence after a video was released showing him pointing a fake gun at a teacher’s head, prosecutors said on Oct. 21.

The scene took place on Oct. 18 at Edouard-Branly High School in Creteil, a southeastern suburb of Paris.