Overview

• A 14-year-old student fatally stabbed college supervisor Mélanie in Nogent on June 12, marking a grim escalation in youth‐perpetrated knife attacks.
• In the days that followed, teenagers in Marseille and near Lyon threatened teachers and aides with deadly violence during school gatherings.
• President Macron’s administration has mandated security portals at school entrances and banned knife sales to minors to tighten campus safety.
• Educators and experts warn that physical barriers alone will fall short without expanded mental health services and family support programs.
• A recent CSA poll found 80 percent of French citizens back sanctioning parents of violent minors as demands grow for more comprehensive prevention measures.