Student in northeastern France stabs school assistant to death
French police are questioning a student following today's stabbing in Nogent. (EPA Images pic)
PARIS : French police were questioning a student who stabbed to death a 31-year-old school assistant today as pupils' bags were being checked outside the gates of a school in Nogent in northeastern France.
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.
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