Overview

• On June 23, three round-ended kitchen knives were discovered in the school locker of an eight-year-old CE2 pupil at Jules Ferry primary in Vendôme.
• The pupil admitted owning the knives and said he planned to kill his teacher with two classmates.
• Prosecutor Stéphane Javet of Blois confirmed no criminal proceedings would follow due to the child’s age and no attempt to carry out an attack.
• Authorities will interview the boy’s parents and those of his two classmates and commission a social evaluation by child protection services in Loir-et-Cher.
• The episode has intensified national concerns over school safety after recent fatal attacks and spurred government plans to ban knife sales to minors.