Stabbed by a student, a teacher died in a high school in Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) this Wednesday, February 22, 2023. The attacker, a 16-year-old high school student, was arrested.
- A 50-year-old teacher was stabbed to death in a high school in Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), this Wednesday, February 22, 2023.
- The teacher’s attacker is a high school student who took a knife out of his bag according to initial information.
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12:00 – A very violent attack according to the testimonies of the students
According to the testimonies of several students from this very popular high school in Saint-Jean-de-Luz with South West, the high school student who carried out the attack entered the classroom where the deceased teacher was giving Spanish lessons, took a knife out of his bag and attacked the teacher violently. Pupils in panic fled the classroom and the school building.
11:55 – The teacher was in absolute emergency when help arrived
The teacher who taught Spanish at the private high school in Saint-Jean-de-Luz was stabbed in the sternum. She was in cardio-respiratory arrest with a vital prognosis when help arrived. Despite the intervention of the Samu, the 50-year-old died of her injuries.
11:51 – The high school student with psychiatric disorders?
The high school student who committed the attack was arrested by the police deployed at Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin high school. The young man is unknown to the police and would suffer from psychiatric disorders according to information from BFM TV. He would also have told the gendarmes to have “been possessed” during his passage to the act.
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This Wednesday, February 22, 2023, a teacher from Saint-Thomas d’Aquin high school in Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) was killed by a student, who violently attacked her with a knife, around 10 a.m., in the middle of a Spanish lesson. She was hit in the sternum. When the emergency services arrived on the scene, the victim, aged 50, was in cardiopulmonary arrest. She died a few minutes later.
According to the first elements gathered by various media, including theAFP, the assailant is a 16-year-old boy. Through testimonials South West adds for his part that the individual would be educated in second class. He was quickly arrested by the police. At this stage, the reasons that led him to commit this barbaric act are not yet known. The young man is unknown to the precise police services BFM-TV. The news channel claims that “the teenager suffers from psychiatric disorders, and would have said ‘to be possessed’, after his acting out.”