A teaching assistant has died after being stabbed by a student outside a school in Nogent, north-east France, officials say.
The 31-year-old teaching assistant was stabbed on Tuesday morning outside Françoise Dolto middle school as pupils’ bags were being checked by police, the Haute-Marne prefecture said.
French media reported a suspect had been taken into custody, with Prime Minister François Bayrou saying the student was 14 years old.
French President Emmanuel Macron said the teaching assistant was a “victim of a senseless wave of violence” and declared that “the nation is in mourning”.
Politicians across parties condemned the attack and called for more action against knife crime.
