A day before about fifty students from Notre-Dame de l'Esperance College were to leave for a trip to England, they found their trip cancelled. All of the students' identity papers, which had been stored in a locker at school, were discovered cut in half and thrown into a garbage bin.The director of Notre-Dame de l'Esperance College sent a letter to the parents explaining that the trip was canceled and turned to the British Embassy for assistance. Police began an investigation.
Ouest-France reported that the prosecutor of the Roche-sur-Yon confirmed that he "received a complaint" and an investigation, including fingerprinting, was underway.
Sources: Ouest-France and 20 Minutes