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Student Detained After Classmate Is Wounded at Rennes High School

Police say they are probing an attack inside Lycée Bréquigny’s documentation center while hospital staff report the 17-year-old victim is not in life-threatening condition.

Overview

  • Police and emergency teams responded to an incident in a corridor of Lycée Bréquigny’s documentation center where a 17-year-old pupil was injured by a bladed instrument.
  • The injured student was taken to CHU Pontchaillou for treatment and medical staff have said the victim’s life is not in danger.
  • A fellow pupil was taken into custody by officers and investigators report the suspect called police after the episode.
  • Eyewitness accounts conflicted over the exact weapon used, with some saying a knife and police sources reporting two strikes with a cutter.
  • Authorities place the attack in the wider context of recurring youth violence in French secondary schools and investigators will determine motive and possible disciplinary or criminal charges.