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Student knife attack at French school leaves 1 dead, 3 injured
Published on Apr 25, 2025
By IANS
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- PARIS — A high school student entered a school in western France's Nantes with a knife and stabbed at least four students, local media reported, citing the police.
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- One of the victims died from injuries, according to BFMTV on Thursday, citing multiple sources.
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- Teachers stopped the attacker before police arrived, BFMTV said, adding that the attacker, a second-year high school student, has been detained, Xinhua news agency reported.
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- The youth -- whose identity has not been revealed but who had expressed an admiration for Adolf Hitler -- was overcome by teachers after staging attacks in several classrooms, witnesses said.
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- He was detained by police but hospitalised after a psychiatric examination.
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- The suspect sent a rambling email to other students just before the attacks.
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- "The psychiatrist who examined the suspect concluded that his state of health is incompatible with the current police custody," Nantes prosecutor Antoine Leroy told reporters.
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- In the latest case to shock France, the assailant attacked fellow students with a knife at the Notre-Dame de Toutes-Aides grammar school in the western city of Nantes.
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- Speaking at the scene, French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said that nearly 50 investigators have been deployed and worked "tirelessly" since.
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- More than 70 interviews have been conducted, he added.
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- French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has called for an intensification of controls implemented around and within schools following the attack.
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- He called for a response to the "endemic violence" among some youths and demanded proposals to prevent further knife attacks.
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- President Emmanuel Macron, writing on X, said the courage of the teachers who floored the youth had prevented a higher toll.
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- "Through their intervention, teachers likely prevented other tragedies. Their courage demands respect," he said.
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- French Education Minister Elisabeth Borne said in February that police would start random searches near schools for hidden knives and other weapons in a bid to deal with the rise in attacks.
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- The prosecutor in Nantes is expected to hold a press conference to give more details about the attack on Friday.
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