Her name was Agnès, she was 52 years old, she was in a relationship and had no children.
This Wednesday, she was giving her Spanish lesson to a second class at the private Catholic high school under Saint-Thomas d'Aquin contract, in Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) when she was stabbed by a student.
She did not survive this violent attack.
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With Le
Figaro
, one of the victim's former colleagues says she is
"flabbergasted".
"I would never have believed that a case like this could take place here
," says the one who is now retired.
“I knew her when she arrived, about twenty years ago.
He was a discreet person and did his job very well
.
"Pain and Affliction"
This tragedy aroused national emotion.
Education Minister Pap Ndiaye goes
"without delay"
to Saint-Jean-de-Luz, where he will give a press conference at 3:45 p.m. with the Bayonne prosecutor.
At his side is the rector of New Aquitaine Anne Bisagni as well as the general secretary of Catholic education Philippe Delorme.
"My first thought is for our teaching colleague who lost his life, and for his loved ones, whom I assure of our fraternal compassion, and our prayers, whatever their convictions", reacted
Philippe Delorme, before adding :
"There is no place today for anything but pain and affliction"
.
"Feeling like reliving a nightmare"
Teachers and their unions have also shown their
"fright"
.
"The amazement and sadness are immense
," responded Catherine Nave-Bekhti, SES teacher and general secretary of Sgen-CFDT.
"The shock and immense pain [...] All our thoughts go out to his family, loved ones, colleagues and students at his high school
," tweeted the Snes-FSU, the first secondary union.
“The impression of reliving a nightmare.
I send all my condolences to his loved ones
, ”wrote Christophe Capuano, professor at Grenoble Alpes University and friend of Samuel Paty, the last professor to have lost his life in school, in October 2020.
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