Student kills one, wounds three in French high school stabbing

French police secure the area near the Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides high school after one student was killed and other students injured in a school stabbing, in Nantes, France, April 24, 2025. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

NANTES, France (Reuters) -A 15-year-old boy killed a fellow pupil and wounded three others in a stabbing attack at a high school in the western French city of Nantes on Thursday before he was overpowered by teachers, police said.

BFM TV reported that the student who died was a girl and that the three injured students were boys. Police did not confirm the age or gender of the victims.