A High school teacher was stabbed by one of the students, aged sixteen years, to death in a school in France. Government spokesperson confirmed the incident today.
The perpetrator was arrested after the Police visited the school, Saint-Thomas d’Aquin, with the local prosecutor.
Newspaper reporter said the attacker entered the classroom while the teacher was giving a Spanish class and attacked her.
The teacher was in her 50s and died of cardiac arrest after emergency services arrived at the school, local media reported.
French TV station said the attacker locked the classroom door and stabbed the teacher in her chest.
Local prosecutor said that an investigation had been launched by local police for assassination and the suspect was in custody. He added that the suspect had no criminal record on the justice system.
The prosecutor will give a news conference on Thursday afternoon to give further details about the investigation.
The Education Minister termed the attack as “a tragedy of extreme gravity” and send a message of condolences to the family of the deceased.
Local media reported the student might have been suffering from mental health issues. They said at this stage of the investigation there was no suggestion the incident was terror-related.
In a news conference, Mr Véran said the government would support educators across the country in the wake of the incident.
The school is a private, Catholic establishment near the centre of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a well known French summer holiday location.
By lunchtime, students who had been told to remain in their classrooms were able to leave the school and many were collected by their parents.
