Schoolteacher stabbed to death by pupil in southwest France

Police secure the entrance to the Saint-Thomas d'Aquin high school where a teacher was stabbed to death by a pupil in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France, February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Vincent West

Saint-Jean-de-Luz, FRANCE (Reuters) - A 16-year-old pupil stabbed a Spanish-language teacher to death on Wednesday at a Roman Catholic high school in the high-end beach resort town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz in southwestern France, government officials said.

The pupil then told another teacher he was possessed and had heard voices that instructed him to carry out the attack, a source with knowledge of the investigation told Reuters.