The student who stabbed his Spanish teacher in class in the south of France says he listened to a voice. A mental illness or disability cannot be assumed after an initial examination, it said.
Someone had taken possession of his body, the 16-year-old allegedly said Wednesday after the crime, prosecutor Jérôme Bourrier said. The student has been under psychiatric treatment since the autumn and, according to the public prosecutor, was abused at his previous school. A mental illness or incapacity for work cannot be assumed after an initial examination. “I ruined my life, it’s all over,” the 16-year-old is said to have said.
The incident happened at the secondary school in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, not far from the Spanish border. As reported, the teen got up during Spanish class on Wednesday and locked the classroom door. He then stabbed his 54-year-old teacher, who was standing by the blackboard, in the upper body with a large kitchen knife. The French woman was in mortal danger after the attack and died shortly afterwards of a cardiac and respiratory arrest. The student fled to the next room with his gun and told a teacher that a voice had told him to do something. Two teachers managed to get hold of the gun and stayed with the youths until the police arrived.
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According to the public prosecutor, he was a good student, but had problems with Spanish. The 16-year-old was not known to the police until now. He is suspected of first degree murder. He is currently in custody. “While in police custody, the suspect reported seeing a small voice speak to him, a creature he describes as selfish, manipulative and self-centered, which prompted him to do harm, and allegedly suggested that he had been killed the previous day. had committed murder,” the prosecutor said.
The act of violence shocked France. A minute of silence was held at all schools across the country on Thursday. President Emmanuel Macron shared the pain of the country’s family, colleagues, students and teachers who have dedicated their lives to passing on knowledge to future generations: “The nation is by your side.”
Source: Krone
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