‘I’ve ruined my life,’ French pupil shouted after killing teacher

Police officers safe the doorway of Saint-Thomas d’Aquin center faculty the place a trainer died after being stabbed by a pupil throughout class, within the seaside city of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, southwestern France, on February 22, 2023. Gaizka Iroz/ AFP

PARIS — The 16-year-old pupil who stabbed a trainer to demise in a French faculty on Wednesday informed investigators {that a} voice in his head had informed him to do it, a public prosecutor stated on Thursday.

Prosecutor Jerome Bourrier informed a news convention that the attacker used a kitchen knife to kill his Spanish-language trainer in school, with one thrust, at his faculty within the high-end seashore resort city of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.

The boy shouted “I have ruined my life, everything is finished” after the assault, Bourrier stated.

French faculties noticed a minute of silence on Thursday in reminiscence of the sufferer.

“Her name was Agnes Lassalle. She died, yesterday, in a classroom in a high school in Saint-Jean-de-Luz,” Education Minister Pap Ndiaye informed pupils in a faculty in japanese France.

“Today is the time for emotion and solidarity,” he stated. — Reuters