Student, 14, fatally stabs teaching aide at school in France

Attack during bag search for knives in presence of police is latest deadly incident

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NOGENT, France - French President Emmanuel Macron on June 10 condemned a "senseless wave of violence" after a 14-year-old student fatally stabbed a teaching assistant, the latest deadly incident at a school in the country.

The secondary school student was arrested after attacking the 31-year-old assistant with a knife during a bag search in Nogent in eastern France, officials said.

France has in recent years seen a series of attacks on teachers and students by other schoolchildren.

In March, police started random searches for knives and other weapons concealed in bags at and around schools.

The assistant at the Francoise Dolto school in Nogent was stabbed several times shortly before 8am local time, "as pupils were arriving for a visual inspection of their bags in the presence of the police", education officials said.

The suspect was taken into custody.

Emergency vehicles and police cars were parked outside the school at midday.

Students were sent home and classes were suspended for June 10 and 11.

Ms Nora, a local who knew the victim, said she was "very sad" for the woman's husband and young son.