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14-Year-Old Student Detained After Fatal Stabbing of Nogent School Supervisor

The government plans to ban knife sales to minors under a new decree to strengthen security in schools

Des élèves rendent hommage à leur surveillante, poignardée au sein du collège Dolto à Nogent le 11 juin 2025.A
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Devant le collège Françoise-Dolto, à Nogent (Haute-Marne), où une surveillante a été tuée par un élève de 14 ans.
Mercredi 11 juin, devant le collège de Nogent où a été tuée une surveillante.  

Overview

  • A 14-year-old pupil stabbed Mélanie G., a 31-year-old educational supervisor, to death outside Françoise-Dolto college in Nogent on June 10 during a gendarme-led bag check.
  • Prosecutors charged the teenager with murder of a public service worker and violence against a gendarme, and he has been placed in pretrial detention.
  • On June 12, all schools in France observed a minute of silence ordered by the education minister to honor the slain supervisor.
  • President Macron warned of a growing “désinhibition of violence” and Prime Minister Bayrou announced a decree to ban knife sales to minors within 15 days.
  • Local residents and the victim’s family plan a white march in Nogent on June 13 to pay tribute to Mélanie G.