Overview

• A 14-year-old stabbed his 66-year-old music teacher at Collège Robert-Schuman on September 24 before fleeing and inflicting severe neck wounds during his arrest; he was airlifted to Strasbourg in critical condition, while the teacher was hospitalized with non–life-threatening facial injuries.
• Prosecutors opened two judicial investigations, one for attempted homicide of a public servant and another into the conditions of the arrest, and the national anti-terror office is assessing whether to take the case.
• Sources close to the inquiry reported neo-Nazi drawings in the pupil’s notebooks, and officials said he had previously been noted for a fascination with Hitler and weapons and had recently drawn SS symbols.
• Authorities described the suspect as a third-year pupil placed in child welfare with a difficult background, including abuse in a foster family, and classmates depicted him as isolated and taciturn.
• Education officials deployed psychological support, courses resumed with dedicated counseling available, Minister Élisabeth Borne visited the site, and the rector urged continued prevention and random searches while stressing that policing each student is not feasible.