Trainer stabbed to dying in school by ‘possessed’ 16-year-old scholar in France

A Spanish-language instructor has been stabbed to dying in school by a 16-year-old French excessive scholar claiming to be “possessed” and listening to voices.

The lethal assault came about in the present day, Wednesday, Feb. 22, at a non-public Catholic faculty named after Saint Thomas Aquinas in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a high-end seashore resort city in southwestern France.

The sufferer was a 54-year-old feminine instructor who was recognized by French information retailers as Agnes Lassalle.

Bayonne prosecutor Jerome Bourrier stated the teenage suspect was taken into custody and interviewed by investigators Wednesday.

A felony probe has been launched for suspected premeditated homicide.

Bourrier added that the 16-year-old scholar had no prior interactions with police or the justice system.

A prime authorities official, talking on situation of anonymity, stated early particulars communicated by the police counsel the teenager suffers from severe psychological well being points.

After the stabbing, the boy, who has not been publicly recognized, allegedly informed one other instructor he was possessed and heard voices telling him to kill his instructor.

Two college students who witnessed the stabbing stated that the suspect stood up and walked to the door, earlier than whipping round and plunging a big knife into the instructor’s chest, native newspaper Sud Ouest reported.

Different witnesses chatting with the press stated the juvenile attacker appeared calm and didn’t say something.

French Schooling Minister Pap Ndiaye, talking on the faculty, stated about 90 college students, together with those that witnessed the bloody assault, together with some academics, are receiving psychological assist.

A minute of silence shall be noticed in all French colleges in Lassalle’s honor. The instructor has labored on the faculty since 1997.

“There was no motive to suppose that such a horrible tragedy might happen right here. It is a very calm faculty, recognized for its seriousness and serenity,” Ndiaye stated.