The victim, Agnes Lassalle, 52, was teaching a Spanish class at the school in the seaside town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz when the 16-year-old attacked her with a knife, the prosecutor said.
A teenage pupil stabbed a teacher to death in the middle of a lesson at a school in southwest France on Wednesday , the regional prosecutor said.
The pupil was arrested and a murder investigation has been opened, Mr Bourrier said, adding he was not previously known to police. The teacher had long taught at the school and was"conscientious", a representative from the FEP-CFDT teachers' union said.He said he shared the grief of her family, colleagues and pupils, as well as that of"teachers who dedicate their lives to passing on knowledge to future generations".By lunchtime, pupils had started to leave the premises after being confined to their classrooms for around two hours after the incident.
Visiting the scene, Mr Ndiaye saluted the victim's"exceptional dedication" and her commitment to her pupils.The channel quoted a source as saying that the boy then told another teacher that a"voice" had told him to carry out the action.No details have been released concerning his background.Such attacks at schools are generally rare in France but there have been growing concerns about the security of teachers.
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