Overview

• Police were called after a steak knife was found in a 7-year-old’s backpack at Koechlin elementary in Mulhouse
• Strasbourg Academy rector Olivier Klein said the boy boasted about harming a classmate with the blade and described the episode as worrisome
• The weapon bypassed entrance bag checks, raising questions about the effectiveness of current security protocols
• The incident occurred just a week after a 14-year-old student fatally stabbed a school monitor in Nogent, highlighting a troubling rise in youth violence
• Education officials and lawmakers are now considering measures such as weapon scanners and tighter restrictions on knife sales to minors