A teacher has reportedly been stabbed to death by a student during class at a school in the French town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
According to the BBC, a 16-year-old student was arrested following the attack at Saint-Thomas d'Aquin school on Wednesday. The teacher was said to be teaching a Spanish class.
Local media reports stated that the teacher was in their fifties and died of cardiac arrest after emergency services arrived at the school, the BBC said.
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France's Education Minister, Pap Ndiaye said in a tweet on Wednesday morning that he was on his way to the scene. He added: "My thoughts are with their family, colleagues and students."
Government spokesman Olivier Véran said politicians are supporting the "educational community". He told a press conference: "I can hardly imagine the trauma that this can represent."
Saint-Jean-de-Luz is located in the south of France, on the Atlantic coast.
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