En lærer ved et privatuniversitet i Paris blev sidste onsdag knivdræbt af en pakistansk elev, som ikke kunne acceptere at han dumpede til eksamen.

Ali – whose surname has not been disclosed by the French authorities – is due to be indicted for murder in Paris today for the attack outside the Leonardo de Vinci private university in La Defense business district.

John Dowling (66) havde været lærer i engelsk og international politik ved det private universitet Leonardo da Vinci, som holder til i det fashionable La Defence-bygget, i tyve år og havde kun nogle uger igen til pensioneringen.

Men Ali R krydsede hans vej. Ali kunne ikke acceptere at han dumpede og udviklede en tvangstanke om at han blev uretfærdigt afvist.

Catherine Denis, the Nanterre prosecutor involved in the case, said Ali harboured an ‘obsessive resentment’ against the university for kicking him out in September 2017.

Dowlings skæbne kan ikke undlade at gøre indtryk på lærere og andre, der kommer i kontakt med mennesker, som man ikke ved noget om. Der findes paralleller i Norden, som somalieren, der efter at have fået afslag på opholdstilladelse i Sverige, gik ind i et IKEA-varehus i Borås og dræbte to tilfældige kunder med en kniv fra køkkenafdelingen.

Ali opfattede det, at han dumpede som en personlig fornærmelse.

‘He came to France two years ago to join the management school, but did not pass his first year,’ she said.

‘Since then he had been returning to the college, and had become unwanted to the point that he was not allowed in any more.’

Overvågningsbilleder viser at han snakkede roligt med Dowling. Lige derefter gik han til en forretning i nærheden og købte en stor køkkenkniv og stak den i halsen og brystet på Dowling.

Ali R har påstået at Dowling havde hånet islam foran hele klassen, men politiets jurist Denis siger at ingen andre kan huske en sådan episode.

Ali has told police that the teacher had made fun of his Muslim religion during English classes at the university.

‘He produced a drawing, which he showed off in class, insulting the Prophet Mohammed,’ Ali said, according to Ms Denis.

Despite this claim, Ms. Denis said ‘nobody remembers such an incident. ‘We don’t have proof of radicalization, but rather a feeling that we’re dealing with someone who is very religious, very pious, very practicing.’

Ali R har ingenting på strafattesten som skulle tilsige en sådan handling, men det er ikke sikkert pakistanske myndigheder bruger samme kriterier som Vesten.

Politiets jurist kalder ham en ‘obsessive patriot’ from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Der var et minuts stilhed på skolen sidste torsdag. Reaktioner er strømmet ind fra hele verden.

There was a minute’s silence outside the university on Thursday, before the Irish national anthem was played and a crowd gathered around a green-white-and-orange Tricolour.

Pascal Brouaye, head of the college, said: ‘Since yesterday, messages of friendship have overwhelmed us like a tsunami.

‘It shows how much John was appreciated by students and graduates. The minute’s silence was intense and it was followed by beautiful music, played on the piano by a student of the school.’

Hvad tænker de andre lærere, eller de ansvarshavende i tilsvarende stillinger efter en sådan hændelse? En ting er blind terror. Men hvordan skal man kunne aflæse hvad en elev eller ansat har inde i hovedet og hvilke erfaringer og tanker han bærer rundt på?

Her hjælper det ikke med fysiske afspærringer.

Irish lecturer stabbed to death in Paris had ‘insulted the Prophet Mohammed’, says his Pakistani killer

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