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| French teacher dies after being 'stabbed by parent' | French teacher dies after being 'stabbed by parent' |
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| A 34-year-old French teacher has been stabbed to death in front of her pupils by the mother of one of the students, police say. | A 34-year-old French teacher has been stabbed to death in front of her pupils by the mother of one of the students, police say. |
| The incident took place in at the Edouard Herriot primary school in Albi, southern France, on Friday morning. | The incident took place in at the Edouard Herriot primary school in Albi, southern France, on Friday morning. |
| Police said the suspect was immediately detained. It is not yet known if her child was in class at the time. | Police said the suspect was immediately detained. It is not yet known if her child was in class at the time. |
| President Francois Hollande sent France's education minister to the school to lead the government response. | President Francois Hollande sent France's education minister to the school to lead the government response. |
| "All state services will be mobilised to take care of these children and the staff who witnessed this awful tragedy," Mr Hollande said in a statement. | "All state services will be mobilised to take care of these children and the staff who witnessed this awful tragedy," Mr Hollande said in a statement. |
| Education minister Benoit Hamon said the assailant "appears to have a serious psychiatric disorder, according to the initial findings of the investigation". | Education minister Benoit Hamon said the assailant "appears to have a serious psychiatric disorder, according to the initial findings of the investigation". |
| Neither she nor the victim has been named yet. | Neither she nor the victim has been named yet. |
| The attack - on the last school day before the summer break - has left two young children without their mother. | The attack - on the last school day before the summer break - has left two young children without their mother. |
| Cardiac arrest | Cardiac arrest |
| Albi prosecutor Claude Derens was one of the first at the scene. | Albi prosecutor Claude Derens was one of the first at the scene. |
| "When I arrived at the scene they were trying to revive her", he said. "She was in cardiac arrest in her classroom." | "When I arrived at the scene they were trying to revive her", he said. "She was in cardiac arrest in her classroom." |
| Local media reported that the suspect was already known to police over allegations of child neglect. | Local media reported that the suspect was already known to police over allegations of child neglect. |
| She is alleged to have shouted "I am not a thief" before the stabbing, media reports said. | She is alleged to have shouted "I am not a thief" before the stabbing, media reports said. |
| Analysis: Hugh Schofield, BBC News, Paris | |
| Fatal attacks on teachers are of course extremely rare. But there is nonetheless a context to this ghastly event - and that context is the growing problem of violence in French schools. | |
| Some of that violence is student on student; some of it is student on teacher; but there is also a worrying increase in outbursts of hostility from parents on teachers, especially in junior schools. | |
| An official report earlier this year found that almost half of school heads in elementary schools and kindergartens had faced verbal attacks from parents. A small minority of these have also faced physical assault. | |
| The most common pretext for the abuse is that a punishment meted out on a child is unjust. According to the report's author, teachers are getting so anxious that they are shutting themselves off from contact with parents - which only increases the level of mistrust and creates the conditions for more hostility. | |
| The pupils who witnessed the attack, reported to be between five and six years old, are receiving counselling. | The pupils who witnessed the attack, reported to be between five and six years old, are receiving counselling. |
| A spokesman for the education minister said that he was "deeply shocked by this crime, which plunges the end of the school year into mourning". | A spokesman for the education minister said that he was "deeply shocked by this crime, which plunges the end of the school year into mourning". |
| "This tragedy confirms there is a need to fight against violence in and around schools, to protect schools, teachers and students," the spokesman said. | "This tragedy confirms there is a need to fight against violence in and around schools, to protect schools, teachers and students," the spokesman said. |
| Correspondents say the incident comes at a time of growing concern in France over assaults by parents on teachers. | Correspondents say the incident comes at a time of growing concern in France over assaults by parents on teachers. |
| More than one in 10 teaching staff in France's public education system has reported suffering abuse or threats at work - nearly twice as many as in all other professions, according to a recent study by the French national statistics institute. | More than one in 10 teaching staff in France's public education system has reported suffering abuse or threats at work - nearly twice as many as in all other professions, according to a recent study by the French national statistics institute. |