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Teaching Assistant Killed by 15-Year-Old During Bag Check in Nogent

President Macron’s condemnation has prompted a renewed focus on tightening school safety measures following the fatal stabbing.

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Students leave as French gendarmes control the access to a secondary school after a 31-year-old teaching assistant was stabbed with a knife by a 15-year-old pupil during a bag search in Nogent, eastern France, on June 10, 2025. The teaching assistant, who died of her wounds, received several knife wounds just as classes were starting, and the alleged attacker, who was overpowered by gendarmes, "appears to be a student at the school," education officials said. (Photo by Jean-Christophe VERHAEGEN / AFP) (Photo by JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • A 31-year-old teaching assistant died on June 10 after a 15-year-old student stabbed her multiple times during a bag search at Françoise Dolto secondary school in Nogent.
  • Authorities arrested the pupil, who had no prior criminal record, and a gendarme suffered minor hand injuries while restraining the attacker.
  • President Macron called the incident a senseless wave of violence and declared national mourning.
  • Education Minister Elisabeth Borne traveled to Nogent to support the school community and local law enforcement.
  • The attack underscores growing concerns over school security despite bag checks that have seized nearly 100 knives in more than 900 inspections this year.