A 44-year-old mother was sentenced this Thursday, June 18, by the Toulouse criminal court, after the violent intrusion that occurred at Clémence-Isaure college. She received a year in prison, including six months, under an electronic bracelet.
Fatma seems almost erased. Brown tunic, matching veil, large square glasses on the face, embarrassed expression and narrow shoulders. This Thursday, at the Toulouse criminal court, the 44-year-old mother appears free. A month earlier, she was in prison. His outburst had profoundly shaken the Clémence-Isaure college, in the Saint-Cyprien district. On May 13, shortly before noon, this woman, although so discreet in front of the judges, had “the eyes of hatred”, according to several witnesses.
She had entered the establishment with several of her children. One of them was equipped with a knife, according to testimonies. Very quickly, the situation deteriorates. Family members threaten students and staff. Two college students are beaten. Fatma is said to have said to one of her children: “Go ahead, crash him, smash him.” The defendant denies having uttered these words.
At the origin of this armed intrusion, there is the story of the youngest son of the family, who has been attending sixth grade at college since March. The child claims to have been harassed for several weeks. It evokes insults, violence, comments of a sexual nature. “Two boys harassed him, they told him: ‘I’m going to rape you’, ‘take down your pants’, they hit him,” his mother whispers at the stand.
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That day, Fatma said she learned that her son had just been attacked. She claims to have entered the school to get her daughter back. “I was parked badly. I dropped him off, I didn’t have time to leave, Y. hit my son,” she tries to justify. The family allegedly attacked a 14-year-old student, named as one of the alleged harassers. He did not wish to file a complaint, for fear of reprisals. Another schoolboy, who intervened in the confusion, was also the victim of violence.
“I found her enraged…”
In the brawl, a prevention and security assistant, Ms. B., intervened. She is upset. On the stand, she said she initially minimized the shock. Then the nights got worse. Sleep is gone. “I had time to analyze the situation. I no longer sleep. I meet families of students who talk to me about this affair. I was afraid of meeting the family again,” she confides, overcome by sobs. “I found her enraged. This look from people who experience injustice… I do not condone the violence she showed.”
After the family was arrested near the college, the police searched the vehicle. There they discovered a tear gas canister, a chef’s knife, a pastry knife, 22 and 30 centimeter blades. In total, five bladed weapons were found. During the search of the home, investigators also found a pistol, a 9 mm blank cartridge, tear gas and rifle ammunition.
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“How do you explain this arsenal of bladed weapons found in your car?” asks the president. “I was in the middle of moving,” replies the defendant.
At the helm, the principal of Clémence-Isaure college measures the damage left in the establishment. Curly gray hair, firm tone, she describes a college already engaged in patient work on its school climate. “It’s complicated for the establishment. Its reputation has taken a big hit,” she explains.
For Me Jocelyn Momasso Momasso, Ms. B.’s lawyer, this matter goes beyond a simple family situation. He sees a symptom: “the loss of respect for educational institutions and those who embody them”. “I also notice the ease with which people take out a bladed weapon,” he pleads, his voice still sharp despite the late hour. “Today, I was expecting recognition, the beginning of an apology. We got nothing. This is a family in difficulty, suffering. But school is a sanctuary. By continuing like this, your children will be before a criminal court or in prison.”
“Harassment kills people…”
Appointed by the ad hoc administrator to represent the two attacked students, Me Nolwenn Jaffré insists on the incomprehension of the adolescents. “Both of them don’t understand why she asked her children to attack them. She’s a mother,” notes the lawyer. She is demanding 1,000 euros in moral damages for each person.
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In his requisitions, the public prosecutor, David Charmatz, strikes even harder. He recalls the recent news of school violence. “We have short memories. On June 10, 2025, the same Mrs. B. died from the stab wounds of a student, in Nogent. She could have been the second assistant to die,” he says, addressing the defendant. For the magistrate, Fatma was perhaps not directly armed, but she would have provided the impetus, the anger, the impulse. “His armed arm is his son.” He requires fifteen months of imprisonment suspended for two years.
The defense tries to place the facts in another setting: that of an overwhelmed mother, convinced that her son was the victim of harassment. “Harassment is a reality that causes deaths,” thunders Me Ismaël Meziti. He challenges the idea of a mother having armed her children or ordered an attack. “She didn’t have a knife. She didn’t say, ‘Put it in,'” he insists.
The court does not follow this reading. After deliberation, Fatma is declared guilty. The president maintains a vindictive attitude, participation in the brawl and a form of incitement in the violence committed in front of the establishment. The mother was sentenced to one year in prison, including six months in prison, executed under an electronic bracelet. The court wants, says its president, to “mark the seriousness of the facts”. Fatma is prohibited from coming into contact with the victims and from appearing near Clémence-Isaure college. She will also have to compensate the civil parties: 1,000 euros for each of the two students attacked, and 1,500 euros for Ms. B.
