France's prime minister has announced that a teenage girl will be prosecuted after she unfairly accused her school principal of hitting her during a heated argument over removing the Islamic headscarf.
The principal insisted that the student remove her head covering inside the school, in accordance with French law. A few days later he resigned after death threats circulated on social media.
The principal of the Paris school, whose name has not been released, announced his decision in an email sent Friday to colleagues at the Maurice Ravel high school in the 20th arrondissement of Paris.
"I have finally made the decision to leave my duties," he explained, "out of concern for my safety and that of the institution."
Prosecutors said two people had been arrested in connection with the death threats. Their identities have not been released, but the education ministry said they had no connection to the school.
Police were sent to patrol around the school, which was also visited by Education Minister Nicole Belloubet.
The Islamist threat to French schools has been taken extremely seriously since the killing of two teachers.
Samuel Paty was beheaded on the street in a Paris suburb in 2020 and Dominique Bernard was killed at his school in Arras five months later.