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Teaching assistant killed in stabbing outside France school
Teaching assistant killed in stabbing outside France school in Nogent, north-east France. Prime Minister François Bayrou says the student was 14 years old. French President Emmanuel Macron said the teaching assistant was a “victim of a senseless wave of violence” and declared that “the nation is in mourning” The suspect was not formerly known to police and the motive for the attack remains unconfirmed, local media reported. Last October, a teacher was killed during an attack at a school in the northern city of Arras. The Ministry of National Education reported that 94 bladed weapons had been seized since March in 958 random bag checks at schools. In April, Bayrou called for “an intensification of controls put in place around and within schools”
Politicians across parties condemned the attack and called for more action against knife crime.
French President Emmanuel Macron said the teaching assistant was a “victim of a senseless wave of violence” and declared that “the nation is in mourning”.
French media reported a suspect had been taken into custody, with Prime Minister François Bayrou saying the student was 14 years old.
The 31-year-old teaching assistant was stabbed on Tuesday morning outside Françoise Dolto middle school as pupils’ bags were being checked by police, the Haute-Marne prefecture said.
A teaching assistant has died after being stabbed by a student outside a school in Nogent, north-east France, officials say.
The suspect was not formerly known to police and the motive for the attack remains unconfirmed, local media reported.
Bayrou and French Education Minister Elisabeth Borne said the teaching assistant was stabbed by a student.
Borne said she would travel to Nogent to visit the school, adding “I commend the composure and dedication of those who acted to restrain the attacker”.
Bayrou wrote on social media that “our thoughts go out” to the victim’s “little boy”, family, loved ones and the entire educational community.
“The threat of bladed weapons among our children has become critical”, Bayrou said, adding it is “up to us to make this widespread scourge a public enemy”.
Opposition politicians pushed back on the government to take more action.
Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally (RN), denounced what she called the “trivialisation of ultraviolence, encouraged by the apathy of the public authorities to put an end to it”.
“Not a week goes by without a tragedy striking a school,” she wrote on social media.
Jordan Bardella, president of the RN, criticised Macron for what Bardella said was a “denial” of “savagery”, seizing upon comments Macron made over the weekend.
Speaking on Saturday ahead of the UN Conference on Oceans, Macron had said he did “not want either the government or Parliament to give in to the conveniences of the moment”, criticising those “who want to make people forget the fight for the climate” and “prefer, in the meantime, to brainwash people about the invasion of the country and the latest news”.
There have been other recent knife attacks in schools. Last October, a teacher was killed during an attack at a school in the northern city of Arras.
Following a stabbing at a high school in Nantes in April, Bayrou called for “an intensification of controls put in place around and within schools”.
At the end of April, the Ministry of National Education reported that 94 bladed weapons had been seized since March in 958 random bag checks at schools.
Jean-Remi Girard, president of the National Union of Secondary Schools, said: “It’s impossible to be more vigilant 24 hours a day. We can’t say that every student is a danger or a threat, otherwise we’d never get out of bed in the morning.”
Teenage pupil stabs and kills staff member during bag check in French middle school
A 14-year-old pupil fatally stabbed a school staff member during a routine bag check on Tuesday at a middle school in eastern France. The incident occurred at Françoise Dolto School in Nogent, near Dijon. A police officer assisting with the bag checks sustained minor injuries while apprehending the suspect, who used the same knife in both attacks. President Emmanuel Macron condemned the act as “senseless violence”
A 14-year-old pupil fatally stabbed a school staff member during a routine bag check on Tuesday at a middle school in eastern France, officials said. The teenager was arrested at the scene.
The incident occurred at Françoise Dolto School in Nogent, near Dijon.
A police officer assisting with the bag checks sustained minor injuries while apprehending the suspect, who used the same knife in both attacks, according to the National Gendarmerie.
President Emmanuel Macron condemned the act as “senseless violence,” writing in a post on X: “While she was looking after our children in Nogent, an educational assistant lost her life. The nation is in mourning and the government is mobilised to reduce crime.”
Though deadly incidents in French schools are rare, there is growing concern about violence on campuses. In response, the Education Ministry introduced bag checks earlier this year.
Over two months this spring, officials confiscated 186 knives and detained 32 individuals, the Interior Ministry reported.
Prosecutor Denis Devallois confirmed that the suspect had no prior criminal record. Education Minister Élisabeth Borne said the boy had been involved in the school’s anti-bullying initiative and was previously suspended briefly for classroom disruption.
The stabbing occurred just outside the school gate, where the 31-year-old educational assistant was standing alongside police officers conducting checks.
Classes were suspended for the day and counselling was made available for pupils and staff.
A fellow classmate described the 14-year-old as “normal” but occasionally “a little bizarre,” adding that they never thought he would be capable of such an attack, according to local media reports.
The incident follows a similar tragedy in April, when a student stabbed four classmates in western France, killing one.
That attack prompted the prime minister to call for stricter measures to combat knife violence in schools.
Teaching assistant fatally stabbed by a pupil outside a school in eastern France
A teaching assistant died after she was stabbed by a 14-year-old pupil outside a school in eastern France on Tuesday, June 10. The secondary school student was arrested after attacking the assistant with a knife during a bag search in Nogent, officials said. The teaching assistant received several knife wounds just as classes were starting, and the alleged attacker “appears to be a student at the school” France has been shocked by attacks on teachers and pupils by other schoolchildren amidst a general rise in youth crime. In April, a student killed a girl and wounded several other pupils in a stabbing spree in the western city of Nantes.
A teaching assistant died after she was stabbed by a 14-year-old pupil outside a school in eastern France on Tuesday, June 10. The secondary school student was arrested after attacking the 31-year-old assistant with a knife during a bag search in Nogent, officials said.
The teaching assistant received several knife wounds just as classes were starting, and the alleged attacker, who did not have a criminal record and was overpowered by gendarmes, “appears to be a student at the school,” education officials said. President Emmanuel Macron “senseless wave of violence.”
“While protecting our children, a teaching assistant lost her life, the victim of a senseless wave of violence,” Macron wrote on X, commenting on the latest in a spate of such incidents at French schools. “The nation is in mourning and the government is mobilized to reduce crime,” he added.
France has been shocked by attacks on teachers and pupils by other schoolchildren amidst a general rise in youth crime. In April, a student killed a girl and wounded several other pupils in a stabbing spree in the western city of Nantes.
Reports of bladed weapons in schools have jumped by 15% in the last year, according to government figures released in February. The education ministry said 6,000 checks in schools resulted in the seizure of 186 knives between March 26 and May 23.
‘Very well integrated’
“He is a young man from a family where both parents work, who does not present any particular difficulties,” Education Minister Elisabeth Borne said at the scene, referring to the suspect. “Young people are shocked,” Borne said. “They are also very shocked to see that one of their classmates could commit such a horrific act. And this classmate was very well integrated in the middle school.”
The victim, a former hairdresser who had been working at the school since September, was the mother of a young boy, said one of her cousins, Aurore. “She was a very cheerful, very kind person.”
French lawmakers observed a minute’s silence in parliament. Prime Minister François Bayrou said the tragedy showed “a breakdown of the society in which we live.” “This is not just an isolated incident,” he said. He called for a trial of metal detectors in schools and for authorities to “tighten regulations” on knives by adding some that are not currently banned as weapons.
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen used the stabbing attack to denounce “the apathy of the authorities.” “The French people have had enough and are waiting for a firm, uncompromising and determined political response to the scourge of youth violence,” she posted on X.
Radical left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon said authorities must better look after “the mental health” of young people, especially boys.
France School Stabbing: Teacher Killed, Macron Responds
A 14-year-old pupil fatally stabbed a teaching assistant at a school in Nogent, eastern France. The alleged attacker, who was overpowered by gendarmes, “appears to be a student at the school,” officials said. The teaching assistant, who died of her wounds, received several knife wounds just as classes were starting. France has, in recent years, seen several attacks on teachers and pupils by other schoolchildren. In March, police started random searches for knives and other weapons concealed in bags at and around schools in the French capital, Paris. The French prime minister said the threat of knives among children had become “critical” and that the government is mobilised to reduce crime in the country. In May, the deputy speaker of the French parliament, Naima Moutchou, said that carrying knives had become a phenomenon affecting “all areas’ and “people from all walks of life”.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday condemned “senseless.. violence” after a 14-year-old pupil fatally stabbed a teaching assistant, the latest deadly incident at a school in the country.
The secondary school student was arrested after attacking the 31-year-old assistant with a knife during a bag search in Nogent in eastern France, officials said.
France has, in recent years, seen several attacks on teachers and pupils by other schoolchildren.
In March, police started random searches for knives and other weapons concealed in bags at and around schools.
The assistant at the Francoise Dolto school in Nogent was stabbed several times shortly before 8:00 am, “as pupils were arriving for a visual inspection of their bags in the presence of the police”, education officials said.
The suspect was taken into custody.
Emergency vehicles and police cars were parked outside the school at midday, AFP journalists saw.
Pupils have been sent home, and classes have been suspended for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Nora, a local who knew the victim, said she was “very sad” for the woman’s husband and young son.
“Today it happened in Nogent, but it could happen anywhere,” she told AFP.
The alleged attacker, aged 14, was restrained by police officers present, said prosecutor Denis Devallois.
One officer was slightly injured, he added.
“While protecting our children, a teaching assistant lost her life, the victim of a senseless wave of violence,” Macron wrote on X.
“The nation is in mourning and the government is mobilised to reduce crime,” he added.
Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said the threat of knives among children had become “critical”.
“It is our responsibility to make this widespread scourge a public enemy,” he said on X.
Education Minister Elisabeth Borne travelled to Nogent to express her support.
“I commend the composure and dedication of those who acted to subdue the attacker and protect the students and staff,” she said on X.
– ‘Simply doing her job’ –
In May, the deputy speaker of the French parliament, Naima Moutchou, said that carrying knives had become “a phenomenon” affecting “all areas” and people from all walks of life.
She presented Bayrou with a report on the possession of knives by minors.
Pupils who carried knives included young people who wanted to “defend themselves” and those who were “psychologically fragile”, she said.
Sophie Venetitay, general secretary of the leading middle and high school teachers’ union SNES-FSU, voiced “anger at the thought that a teaching assistant was exposed in this way”.
“Teaching assistants have an educational role and are not security guards outside schools,” she said.
The teaching assistant was “simply doing her job by welcoming students at the entrance to the school”, added Elisabeth Allain-Moreno, secretary general of the SE-UNSA teachers’ union.
She spoke of her “immense pain” at the killing.
“(It) shows that nothing can ever be completely secure and that it is prevention that needs to be focused on.”
Jean-Remi Girard, president of the National Union of Secondary Schools, added: “It’s impossible to be more vigilant 24 hours a day.
“We can’t say that every student is a danger or a threat. Otherwise, we’d never get out of bed in the morning.”
The interior ministry said on Tuesday that between March 26 and May 26, 6,000 checks led to the seizure of 186 knives.
AFP
French Student Is Arrested After Teaching Assistant Is Stabbed to Death
Police arrest a 14-year-old student at the school in Nogent, a small town in northeastern France. The attack reignited fears in France, where schoolteachers have been a target of increasing violence in recent years.
The police quickly arrested a 14-year-old student at the school in Nogent, a small town in northeastern France, according to the local authorities. Students, many of whom were in a state of distress after witnessing the bloody scene, were placed under lockdown and then released to their parents throughout the day.
The attack reignited fears in France, where schoolteachers have been a target of increasing violence in recent years. The police have not yet disclosed a motive for the stabbing, and the national antiterrorism prosecutor’s office said it had not opened an investigation into it.
The French education minister, Élisabeth Borne, who rushed to the scene, told reporters that the student had been suspended twice early in the school year for disturbing his class but had presented no difficulties since then. He had what seemed like a stable home and had been an anti-bullying ambassador at the school, she said. The student, who has not been named, had no criminal record, according to the local state prosecutor.