Teacher stabbed to death by pupil in France

In a school in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France, a high school student fatally stabbed a teacher. Olivier Véran, a spokesman for the French government, confirmed the attack on Wednesday and stated that the offender was 16 years old.

Police and the district attorney went to Saint-Thomas d’Aquin school, where the student was detained. According to the French publication Sud Ouest, the perpetrator attacked the teacher as she was teaching a Spanish class inside the classroom.

As emergency personnel arrived at the school, the teacher, who was in her 50s, passed away from a heart attack, according to local media. According to French television station BFM, the assailant locked the classroom door before stabbing the teacher in the chest.

Local police had launched an assassination inquiry, according to municipal prosecutor Jerome Bourrier, and the suspect was in jail. He continued by saying that neither the police nor the legal system knew who the culprit was.

On Thursday afternoon, the prosecutor will hold a press conference to provide additional information on the investigation. The attack was referred to as “a tragedy of exceptional seriousness” by France’s Minister of Education, Pap Ndiaye, who also offered his sympathies.

The school is a private, Catholic institution located close to Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a popular French summer vacation destination. Around midday, those pupils who had been instructed to stay in their classes were permitted to go, and many were picked up by their parents.

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