the first elements of the investigation suggest that the teenager premeditated her action

A 5th grade student, aged 12, is suspected of having attempted to stab her teacher at the Hautes-Ourmes college in Rennes on Wednesday.

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A police car parked in front of the Hautes-Ourmes college in Rennes, after a teacher was threatened by a student armed with a knife, December 13, 2023. (CLAIRE STAES / MAXPPP)

According to initial investigations, the teenager suspected of having attacked her teacher on Wednesday, December 13, premeditated her action. Writings were found in one of his notebooks, according to a source close to the matter to franceinfo on Thursday. A 5th grade student, aged 12, tried to stab her teacher in the middle of class at the Hautes-Ourmes college, south of Rennes.

Furthermore, it also appears that certain classmates of the accused schoolgirl knew that she had to come with a knife. These elements are currently being verified by investigators. Information that the Rennes prosecutor has not confirmed for the moment, because this young girl “was not heard on certain aspects of the procedure” due to his hospitalization, the magistrate told franceinfo. For the moment, the schoolgirl refuses to speak, on the advice of her lawyer. From a close source, she has benefited from child psychiatry monitoring for several months following significant behavioral problems.

The investigation soon entrusted to an investigating judge

A judicial investigation for attempted intentional homicide will be opened on Friday in this case, franceinfo learned from the prosecution. The judicial investigation will therefore be carried out by an investigating judge. The schoolgirl was hospitalized in a specialized environment for the time necessary for treatment. The “judicial restraint” measure to which she was subject was lifted. A psychiatric examination concluded that the minor who attempted to attack a teacher with a knife is “dangerous to herself”, according to the prosecution.


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