This Wednesday, December 13, 2023, a 12-year-old student, in fifth grade at Hautes-Ourmes college in Rennes, went to class armed with a knife with “the intention of killing her teacher”, as reported West France. After threatening the teacher, the teenager was restrained by adults before being arrested by the police.
The teaching teams and students of the Hautes-Ourmes college, in Rennes in Ille-et-Vilaine, are in shock after a serious incident that occurred on the morning of Wednesday, December 13, 2023. As reported by our colleagues from West France, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, enrolled in fifth grade in this Rennes establishment, went to class armed with a knife with “the intention to kill his teacher”.
The teenager threatened her English teacher before being restrained by adults and arrested by the police. The events took place this morning between 9:30 a.m. and 9:50 a.m.according to information shared by the Rennes prosecutor with BFMTV. According to the first testimonies, the 12-year-old student brandished the knife in the direction of her English teacher who immediately ran away, before being chased by the teenager in the corridors of the establishment. It was at this point that members of the college staff managed to to control and disarm it.
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The teenager placed in police detention
The worst was avoided and no injuries were reported during these events which disrupted the tranquility of the establishment. A criminal investigation was opened by the Rennes public prosecutor’s office and entrusted to the departmental security brigade. Although the Rennes prosecutor said the teenager went to class with “apparently intending to kill his English teacher”the motive for this attack, however, remains to be determined through the investigation.
According to BFMTV, which is based on the account of a police source, the fact that this English teacher confiscated her student’s smartphone a few days ago could be the source of the conflict. VSgiven the young age of the teenager, she is not subject to traditional police custody but has been placed in detentiona procedure in which the parents of a minor aged between 10 and 13 can attend and during which the adolescent is interviewed by the police for a maximum period of 12 consecutive hours.
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The procedure can be repeated once which can result in a maximum hearing duration of 24 hours. At present, no known information allows us to establish the profile of the teenager or her motivations. Elements that the investigation must clarify. All courses at the Hautes-Ourmes college have been canceled for the day while a listening cell will be set up from this Thursday, December 14, 2023.
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