Teacher dies in class stabbed by student, investigation opened for "murder"
A teacher from a private establishment in Saint John of Luz was fatally stabbed on Wednesday morning by a student. The prosecutor of the Republic of Bayonne announced the opening of an investigation for "assassassination".
"He approached her and planted a large knife in her chest, without saying anything": a Spanish teacher from a private college-high school in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, was killed by a student on Wednesday February 22 in a classroom, an extremely rare drama in France.
"We didn't know how to react, there is a student who opened the door and we all left. I ran away, I left the establishment and the father of a girlfriend came to pick me up, I did not feel safe in high school, "added Inès, 16 years old, who was in the second class at the time of the events.
The alleged perpetrator, also 16 years old and arrested after the fact, was taken into police custody, said the prosecution. He was not known to the police or the justice system. An investigation was also opened for "assassination".
The victim, whom the emergency services could not revive, is a 52-year-old professor, according to the prosecution. "She is a Spanish teacher who has been in this establishment for a long time. She was conscientious, "said AFP Serge Hastoy, VET-CFDT delegate from the Basque Country.
When the police arrived around 9:50 a.m., the attacker "had been disarmed, the scene was frozen and the students were confined," AFP told a source close to the file, specifying that he "had in his possession a very large blade, at least 10 centimeters". "There are no terrorist or resentment motives behind the reasons for his gesture which seems more like a stroke of madness. The student did make inconsistent comments, "added this source.
"I don't really know this boy, we're just in Spanish class together but there had never been a problem between him and the teacher in class," said Inès.
One minute of silence
A minute of silence will be respected Thursday at 3 p.m. "in all schools" in France in tribute to the teacher, declared Minister of National Education Pap Ndiaye at a press conference. "It is a sad day for National Education, it is a sad day of course for this establishment," he added, accompanied by his counterpart from the Stanislas Guerini Civil Service.
The Catholic High School of Saint-Thomas of Aquinas, where the facts occurred, is an establishment in the center of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, of just over 1,100 students. "It is a classic establishment, without particular problems, in which teachers and students feel good," said Serge Hastoy of the FEP-CFDT.
Après avoir été confinés durant environ deux heures dans leurs salles de cours, les élèves sont sortis de l'établissement à la mi-journée, à l'exception de ceux qui étaient en cours avec l'enseignante décédée, qui ont quitté les lieux deux heures plus tard, a constaté une correspondante de l'AFP.
C'est la première fois qu'un enseignant est tué dans ses fonctions en France depuis l'assassinat de Samuel Paty, professeur d'histoire-géographie décapité le 16 octobre 2020 par un jeune homme islamiste radicalisé. Sa mort avait suscité une vive émotion parmi les 860 000 enseignants du pays.
Les agressions sont fréquentes mais l'AFP a recensé moins d'une dizaine de meurtres sur les quatre dernières décennies. En juillet 2014, une institutrice de 34 ans avait été poignardée à mort par la mère d'une élève dans une école d'Albi. En août 1996, alors qu'il se promenait à la feria de Dax, un professeur d'anglais de 51 ans avait été tué par deux jeunes, dont un de ses élèves recalé au baccalauréat. Le 13 septembre dans un lycée de Caen, un lycéen de 15 ans a porté un coup de couteau à la gorge à une professeure qui a été hospitalisée quelques jours.
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