And 16 year old student that on wednesday fatally stabbed his Spanish teacher in a catholic school of the french basque country He confessed to investigators that he “heard a voice” that “asked him to do evil” and that he was ordered to “commit murder.”
As reported this Thursday by tax Jérôme Bourrierthe young man was under psychiatric follow-up and was taking antidepressants since he had felt harassed in a previous educational center. Furthermore, in October 2022 he attempted suicide by taking medication.
Nevertheless, does not present any psychological disease that explains the crimecommitted in the Santo Tomás de Aquino school in San Juan de Luzfor which the prosecutor will request his maintenance in detention under the charges of “premeditated murder”.
CRIME IN FULL CLASS
The prosecutor revealed that the young man had an altercation with another student and admitted that wanted to commit the crime in his presence “to punish him”.
In addition, he assured that he maintained a certain animosity with the Spanish teacher, because his grades were not as good as in other subjects.
The prosecutor noted that the defendant took a 18 centimeter kitchen knife sheet that he had brought from his father’s house and, in the middle of class, at 09:45 local time, He got up with the knife wrapped in kitchen paper, bolted the classroom door, and addressed the teacher, who was standing at the blackboard..
Over there he dealt him a single stab, “quick, fluid, without contemplations”, from the bottom upwhich caused a 14 centimeter wound which severed his aorta, affected his right lung and perforated his sternum, damage that caused his death.
The rest of the class fled in terror, while the author of the drama took refuge in the next room, where two other teachers asked him to drop the weapon, something he did before assuring: “I ruined my life, it’s all over“.
“INTELLIGENT, HARD-WORKING AND LONELY”
Prosecutor Bourrier stated that there was nothing to suggest that this student, whom the witnesses define as “intelligent, hardworking and lonely“, with social relationship problems, commit such an act.
The murder caused a great commotion in the Basque-French town, but also in the entire French educational community, which at the request of the Minister of Education, Pape Ndiayeobserved this Thursday a minute of silence in all schools
The teacher, just over 50 years old, was “very appreciated by her colleagues and by the students,” added the prosecutor.
Bourrier added that the investigation is ongoing and that the murderer is being questioned by the Bayonne agents who are leading the investigation.