the teacher who was stabbed at her high school is dead

A Spanish teacher from Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin high school in Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) died after being stabbed in the middle of class by a student in her class, Wednesday February 22, announced the Bayonne public prosecutor’s office. The public prosecutor went to the scene. A student was arrested, learned franceinfo from a source close to the file. There is no longer any danger within this establishment, according to the same source.

Many emergency services and law enforcement are on site and students are asked to stay in their class for the time being, according to information from France Bleu Pays Basque. In addition to the prosecutor, the prefect of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and the rector of the academy of Bordeaux (Gironde) moved to the scene. The judicial police of Bordeaux have been seized, specifies a source close to franceinfo.