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French student kills one, injures three in stabbing

By AAP Newswire

Apr 25, 2025

French police say they have detained a student after a fatal stabbing at a school. -AP

A high school student has been killed and three injured in a school stabbing by a pupil in Nantes, in western France, police say.

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A student, aged 15, stabbed four people with a knife during a lunch break before teachers subdued him and he was later taken in by officers, a police official said.

The police representative said the attack occurred at the private Catholic Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides High School in Nantes on France's Atlantic coast.

Students at the school told French media at the scene that they had received an email from the assailant earlier in the day with unspecified grievances.

Education Minister Elisabeth Borne said on X that she is heading to the school with Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau to show "solidarity with victims and the school community".

The regional prosecutor announced a news conference for later on Thursday.

Images from the scene showed police and armed military forces surrounding the school as the investigation got underway.

An official at the school would not comment on what happened, saying the school is concentrating on caring for the students who were on campus at the time.

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By AAP Newswire

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