An 18-year-old young man arrested after stabbing a teacher in a high school in Maine-et-Loire

The victim suffered a facial injury, which was not life-threatening, authorities said.

An 18-year-old high school student was arrested on Monday, May 27, after stabbing a teacher in his high school in Chemillé-en-Anjou (Maine-et-Loire), the prefect said in a joint press release, the public prosecutor and the director of departmental national education services. The victim benefits “functional protection today”the Nantes rectorate, which provides this protection for teachers, told franceinfo on Monday.

Unknown to the police, the high school student was arrested “very quickly” after the events and taken into custody, authorities said. “The victim suffered a non-life-threatening facial injury”according to the same source.

The events took place around 9:45 a.m. at the Hyrôme high school, which accommodates 160 students. The teacher was attacked “during his English class”has added on the Minister of Education, Nicole Belloubet, who said “deeply shocked and outraged” by this aggression. An investigation into “attempted murder” was entrusted to the Cholet research brigade.

After the attack, the suspect quickly left the scene, passing through a window and abandoning his weapon, according to authorities. He was arrested by “the national gendarmerie, with the effective assistance of the municipal police”. “This young adult is completely unknown to the police, gendarmerie or justice services. He had not reported himself unfavorably within the establishment”details the press release, without specifying the circumstances of the attack.

“The confinement of the establishment was lifted around noon”, according to the same sources. A psychological listening unit has also been set up. The rector of the Academy of Nantes also provided “all his support to the victim” and greet “the support provided by the establishment and the police forces”.