Student allegedly stabs college assistant to dying in France

A teaching assistant has been stabbed to death during a student bag search outside school gates in Nogent in northeastern France.

French police are questioning a student over the 31-year-old’s death on Tuesday.

The suspect was being held at the gendarmerie of Nogent, the Haute-Marne Prefecture said.

“While watching over our children in Nogent, an educational assistant lost her life, the victim of a senseless wave of violence,” President Emmanuel Macron wrote on X.

“The nation is in mourning and the government is mobilised to reduce crime,” he added.

Several media reports said the suspect was a 15-year-old student. Reuters could not immediately confirm this information.

Education Minister Elisabeth Borne said she was on her way to Nogent “to support the entire school community and law enforcement” following the “terrible tragedy”.

“I commend the composure and commitment of those who acted to restrain the attacker and protect the students and staff,” she said on X.

Source: independent.co.uk