In Libourne (southwest of France), this is the second time that a teacher at Jean Monnet High School has received a death threat letter with racist content. The first time, in December 2023, the author of the letter attacked her teacher as well as the Arab students of the school, claiming that they should be ‘slaughtered like [his] grandfather’s pigs.’

An investigation has been opened by the Libourne public prosecutor’s office for “death threats against a public official”.

However, condemnation of the threats is slow in coming from political representatives, who never miss an opportunity to defend threatened teachers, and rightly so.