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Teacher Stabbed at Alsace Middle School as 14-Year-Old Student Is Arrested

Authorities are investigating the attack, with crisis support deployed for the school community.

Des parents se rendent au collège de Benfeld (Bas-Rhin) où un élève de 14 ans a poignardée une professeure de musique, le 24 septembre 2025.
Gendarmerie nationale, illustration.
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Le drame s'est déroulé au collège Robert-Schuman à Benfeld, dans le Bas-Rhin.

Overview

  • Police say the 66-year-old music teacher was attacked around 8:15–8:30 a.m. inside her classroom at Collège Robert-Schuman in Benfeld.
  • The teacher sustained facial and neck wounds, was taken to hospital, and her life is not in danger, according to the gendarmerie.
  • The 14-year-old suspect was apprehended after injuring himself with the knife and is in custody while investigators examine the circumstances.
  • The campus was evacuated except for the affected class, which was initially confined; students were later moved and interviewed on site.
  • Specialized gendarmerie units and the Strasbourg prosecutor’s office are leading the inquiry, and the education minister condemned the attack and activated an emergency support cell.