Female Teacher Stabbed To Death By Student

Category: Crime News

A teacher at a school in southwest France has been stabbed to death by a pupil in front of a packed class, prosecutors have confirmed.

The Spanish teacher, in her 50s, was giving the class earlier today at the Roman Catholic Thomas Aquinas private school in the town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz near Bordeaux when a 16-year-old pupil burst in and attacked her with a knife.

She was given emergency aid at the scene, but Bayonne prosecutor Jerome Bourrier told AFP she died of her wounds.

‘A Spanish lesson was taking place, when the pupil launched a frenzied attack on the teacher,’ said an investigating source. ‘She was stabbed through the chest.’

‘My thoughts are with the family, colleagues and the pupils. I will be going to the site straight away,’ said Education Minister Pap Ndiaye.

Local media reported the student, who was restrained by other classmates until police and emergency services arrived, may have been suffering from mental health issues.

They said at this stage of the investigation there was no suggestion the incident was terror related.