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Murdered French teaching assistant to receive posthumous Legion of Honour

A woman lays flowers in front of the Francoise Dolto middle school in Nogent (Haute-Marne) in a tribute to the supervisor who was murdered by a 14-year-old student, in Nogent on 10 June, 2025. AFP - FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI

The middle school supervisor stabbed to death in France by a student on 10 June has been posthumously awarded the Legion of Honour, the country's highest award, according to a decree published Tuesday in the Official Journal.

The killing of the 31-year-old teaching assistant – named only as Melanie – caused widespread shock, just months after another student killed a girl and wounded several others in a stabbing in western France.

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