Overview

• On June 21 at 9:10 p.m., a man was stabbed in the neck during Pont-l’Abbé’s annual school festival by an assailant wielding a knife.
• The counseling cell opened on June 23 offers uninterrupted support from a psychologist and a school doctor for pupils, staff, and families.
• Parents lingered at the gates of Jules-Ferry school Monday morning as the community grappled with shock and concern over safety.
• This latest attack adds to a series of youth-related violent incidents near French schools, intensifying fears about student security.
• The French government has responded to rising youth violence by deploying weapon scanners in schools and tightening knife-sales restrictions to minors.