
25 Jul 1997

Juvenile Crime
In November of 1988 four young men abducted and held Junko Furuta for several weeks in the house of one of her captors. This is her story.
A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.
Sonia Bergerac
Chief Brigadier Labouret, negotiator
Principal
Bechet, Labouret’s interventionist superior
Minister of the Interior
Frédéric Bergerac, Sonia's husband
Student Mouss M'Diop
Student Sébastien Lenoir
Student Nawel Jabli
Student Mehmet
Student Farid
Student Farida Nasri
Student Akim Mohamed
Student Khadija Maliki
Student Jérôme
Student Adiy Ndiaye
Julien
Cécile, Sonia Bergerac's friend
François
Mehmet's father
25 Jul 1997
In November of 1988 four young men abducted and held Junko Furuta for several weeks in the house of one of her captors. This is her story.
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