Macron condemns 'senseless' violence after fatal school stabbing
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday denounced a "senseless wave of violence" after a teaching assistant was fatally stabbed by a pupil outside a school in eastern France.
"While protecting our children, a teaching assistant lost her life, the victim of a senseless wave of violence," Macron wrote on X, commenting on the latest in a spate of such incidents at French schools. "The nation is in mourning, and the government is mobilized to reduce crime," he added.
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