'Hitler fan' kills student in knife attack

A student killed a girl and wounded three other pupils in a stabbing spree on Thursday at a French private school that prompted demands for tighter security in classes after a series of attacks.

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The youth — whose identity has not been revealed but who had expressed an admiration for Adolf Hitler — was overcome by teachers after staging attacks in several classrooms, witnesses said.

The suspect was detained by police but hospitalised after a psychiatric examination.

The suspect allegedly sent a rambling email to other students just before the attacks.

“The psychiatrist who examined the suspect concluded that his state of health is incompatible with the current police custody,’ Nantes prosecutor Antoine Leroy told reporters.

In the latest case to shock France, the assailant attacked fellow students with a knife at the Notre-Dame de Toutes-Aides grammar school in the western city of Nantes.

One of the three wounded, a girl, was said to be in critical condition.