French teacher stabbed by pupil in southern France school


  • World
  • Tuesday, 03 Feb 2026

PARIS, Feb ‌3 (Reuters) - A French ‌teacher was stabbed by ‌a pupil in a school in Sanary-sur-Mer, in southern ‍France, on Tuesday, ‍the French ‌Education Minister Edouard Geffray said ‍on ​X, adding he was immediately ⁠heading to the school.

BFM TV, ‌citing the local Var department ⁠prefect, ‍said the 60-year old teacher was stabbed ‍with a knife by ‌a 14-year old in her classroom and that her life was at risk.

The pupil is being detained, BFM TV ‌said. It was not immediately clear why the ​stabbing occurred.

(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)

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