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The 14-year-old suspect was arrested on attempted murder charges after stabbing the teacher multiple times amid recent tensions, authorities 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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The 14-year-old reproached her teacher "for having recorded several incidents concerning her on the Pronote app," according to the prosecutor of Toulon.
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vienna.atA "religious or political background" of the act is not yet known. However, in the run-up there should have been "spans" between the 14-year-old and the teacher – "he was angry at her".
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SANARY-SUR-MER (France), Feb 4 — A 14-year-old school student stabbed an art teacher in southern France yesterday, leaving the 60-year-old in critical condition, a prosecutor said.The pupil stabbed the teacher at least three times and was subsequently arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, said Raphael Balland, the public prosecutor in the southern city of Toulon.There were no known “religious or political connotations” at this stage, said B…
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.
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