Overview

• A music teacher was stabbed in the face during class at a middle school in Benfeld, Bas-Rhin, and is hospitalized with injuries that are not life-threatening, officials said.
• Police detained a 14-year-old student who fled the scene by bicycle, and he is in critical condition after stabbing himself in the neck during his arrest.
• Prosecutor Clarisse Taron said the boy had shown a fascination with weapons and World War II, including Nazi-themed drawings that led to psychological monitoring.
• Investigators say the attack occurred with a large kitchen knife in a school hallway, and there was no attempt to target other teachers or students.
• The school was evacuated, an emergency support unit was activated by Education Minister Elisabeth Borne, and the mayor described the incident as isolated as France continues to debate school security measures.