A school pupil in western France on Friday stabbed a 15-year-old female classmate with a kitchen knife over a “personal dispute”, gravely wounding her, local officials and a source with knowledge of the matter said.
Teachers in the village of Ancenis isolated the attacker before police detained him, the regional prefect’s office said, without providing further details on the victim’s state.
The teenage boy stabbed the girl in a school stairwell, gravely wounding her in the abdomen, the source with knowledge of the matter said.
Police put the school on lockdown as they responded.
Around 700 pupils were confined to classrooms and 150 to the gym, according to the source close following the case.
Several school stabbings have rocked France in recent months.
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