Ramatou, an 11-year-old sixth-grader, was seriously injured on October 23 in the racist attack in the Yvelines. As she was leaving the swimming pool in La Verrière, the young Black girl was hit by eight bullet impacts. At Philippe-de-Champaigne middle school in Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis (Yvelines), the return to school on Monday, November 2, is taking place in a particular atmosphere.
She is hospitalized in intensive care at Necker Hospital in Paris. Her life is no longer in danger. The attack left six other people wounded and killed a 26-year-old man.
A listening unit has been set up in the public middle school where the girl is enrolled. For those who request it or show signs of trauma, a listening service has also been put in place at the school by the Versailles education authority.
Hands buried in the pockets of her fluffy coat, a seventh-grader speaks with emotion of an “unjust” fate for Ramatou.