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French teen sentenced to 18 years for fatal stabbing of school supervisor

Flowers were laid outside the Francoise Dolto middle school in Nogent on 11 June, 2025, a day after a 15-year-old fatally stabbed one of the school's assistants during a bag search.
Flowers were laid outside the Francoise Dolto middle school in Nogent on 11 June, 2025, a day after a 15-year-old fatally stabbed one of the school's assistants during a bag search. AFP - FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI

A French court on Thursday sentenced a 15-year-old boy to 18 years in prison for murdering a school supervisor outside his secondary school in the east of the country, citing his lack of "empathy, remorse or regret".

The boy, who was 14 at the time of the attack, has been held in custody for the past 13 months.

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