French minister on fatal stabbing of teacher

French Education Minister Pap Ndiaye said on Wednesday it was a "terrible tragedy" that a female teacher was stabbed to death in front of other students in the country's southwest. Police detained a high school student over the alleged attack at a private Catholic school in Saint-Jean-de-Luz.

An investigation has been opened for suspected premeditated murder.A top government official, speaking anonymously because he was not allowed to discuss the issue publicly, said first elements communicated by police suggest the attacker has severe mental health issues.French media reported that the student, born in 2007, said he heard voices telling him to kill the 53-year-old Spanish language teacher.