France teacher fighting for life after knife attack by pupil

A 60-year-old art teacher in Sanary-sur-Mer, France, is in critical condition after being stabbed multiple times in the chest by a 14-year-old student on Tuesday. The attack occurred in front of approximately 20 other students at La Guicharde school, which was subsequently evacuated. The student was apprehended in the schoolyard and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Preliminary investigations suggest the motive was anger stemming from recent tensions between the student and teacher, with no apparent religious or political motivation. The incident is the latest in a series of attacks in French schools, prompting Education Minister Edouard Geffray to visit the school and express his shock.

In Sanary-sur-Mer, France, a secondary school pupil stabbed an art teacher on Tuesday, critically wounding her. The 60-year-old teacher was stabbed at least three times at La Guicharde secondary school. The pupil, an early teenager, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. According to the public prosecutor, Raphael Balland, there were no known religious or political motives at this stage, but there had been recent tensions between the student and the teacher. Education Minister Edouard Geffray is heading to the school following the incident.