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14-Year-Old Arrested After Teacher Stabbed at Benfeld School

Police report the victim, a 66-year-old music teacher, is hospitalized for facial injuries.

Overview

  • The stabbing occurred Wednesday morning inside a classroom at Collège Robert-Schumann in Benfeld, in the Bas-Rhin department.
  • Authorities evacuated the campus, relocating students to a communal hall as a security perimeter was established.
  • The suspect is a 14-year-old pupil, described in some reports as a youth placed in a care home.
  • Europe 1 reports the teenager attempted to stab himself at the moment of his arrest.
  • Investigators have not identified a motive, and a criminal inquiry is underway.