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15-Year-Old Student Arrested After Fatal Stabbing of Teaching Assistant at French School

The deadly assault has intensified scrutiny of school security policy after months of random bag checks fail to curb knife attacks.

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France has in recent years seen a series of attacks on teachers and pupils by other schoolchildren

Overview

  • The 31-year-old teaching assistant died of multiple stab wounds sustained during a routine bag search outside Françoise Dolto secondary school in Nogent, Haute-Marne.
  • Gendarmes and on-site officers overpowered and arrested the 15-year-old suspect, who had no prior criminal record.
  • All 324 students were immediately locked down following the attack while a gendarme suffered a hand injury detaining the assailant.
  • President Macron condemned the killing as part of a “senseless wave of violence” and Education Minister Borne traveled to Nogent to support the school community.
  • Since March, authorities have carried out nearly 1,000 random searches at schools—seizing 94 knives—and teachers’ unions are demanding more comprehensive prevention strategies.