Teen attacks teacher, stabs self in new French school violence

A 14-year-old pupil successful eastbound France connected Monday stabbed his euphony teacher successful her look successful a schoolroom earlier past turning his weapon connected himself to inflict life-threatening injuries, a authoritative said.

The teen’s beingness was successful information aft helium stabbed himself successful the cervix but the wounds sustained by the 66-year-old teacher were not life-threatening, the determination authoritative said aft the incidental successful Benfeld, a municipality adjacent Strasbourg successful the eastbound of France.

“He is presently sedated for astatine slightest 48 hours and his beingness is successful danger,” said determination Strasbourg authoritative Clarisse Taron.

As constabulary arrived astatine the country to apprehension the teenager, helium stabbed himself respective times, and was taken to the Strasbourg infirmary by chopper aft suffering cardio-respiratory arrest.

The suspect’s motive remains unclear, the section gendarmerie said. Education Minister Elisabeth Borne said she was instantly heading to the scene.

An acquisition authorization spokesperson told AFP that the pupil’s schoolhouse results had been anemic and that the school’s acquisition squad had been mobilised to help.

The politician of the municipality of 6,000 people, Jacky Wolfarth, called the incidental “isolated”.

Jean-Remi Girard, president of the SNALC teachers union, said “we cognize that pupils tin sometimes spell crazy”, adding that lockdowns during the Covid situation had “affected our pupils’ intelligence health”.

But determination was nary “miracle solution”, helium said, adding that “We’re not going to equip our schools with metallic detector gates.”

There has been a spate of convulsive incidents astatine French schools successful caller months, prompting container checks connected introduction successful immoderate establishments.

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