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The 14-year-old pupil stabbed the teacher multiple times after tensions, with no political or religious motive, and was arrested for attempted murder, officials said.
- On Feb 3, a secondary school student stabbed a 60-year-old art teacher at La Guicharde middle school, Sanary-sur-Mer, leaving her in critical condition.
- Toulon's public prosecutor Raphaël Balland said the suspect did not appear to have a religious or political motive and that there had been tensions recently with the teacher.
- Investigating sources report the pupil stabbed the 60-year-old art teacher at least three times, including two abdominal wounds and one or two arm wounds.
- The school was evacuated after the attack and Wednesday's lessons were cancelled, while Édouard Geffray, France's education minister, said he was `going to the scene immediately` and expressed `profound shock`.
- The attack continues a string of knife attacks on teachers across France, including the 2023 stabbing at Gambetta-Carnot school in Arras and the 2020 murder of Samuel Paty.
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Art teacher critically injured by student in southern France school stabbing
A 14-year-old student in southern France stabbed an art teacher multiple times on Tuesday, leaving her in critical condition. Authorities said the attack appears linked to personal tensions, with no known political or religious motive, and the suspect has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
Once again, there has been a violence in France at a school. During the class, a 14-year-old man stabbed his art teacher. There had been tensions between the attacker and the teacher before.
REPORT - This 60-year-old plastic arts teacher was attacked in his classroom by a 14-year-old student who may have premeditated his move, seriously injuring his teacher, whose life-saving prognosis was still on Tuesday night.
A plastic arts teacher was attacked on Tuesday, February 3 "in the middle of class". His vital prognosis is engaged, according to the prosecutor of Toulon.
French Art Teacher Critically Wounded in Brutal Classroom Stabbing
A 60-year-old art teacher is in critical condition after being stabbed multiple times by a secondary school student in southern France, authorities said. The attack, which took place on February 3rd in a classroom of young teenagers near Toulon, led to the pupil’s arrest on suspicion of attempted murder, according to public prosecutor Raphael Balland. According to police, the stabbing occurred in the early afternoon on the grounds of the Collège…
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