Nice school attack: mother charged with attempted murder after assaulting headteacher and teacher
A 36-year-old mother attacked a nursery school headteacher and a teacher in Nice on Monday, prompting an attempted murder investigation.
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- A 36-year-old mother attacked a headteacher and a teacher at a nursery school in Nice
- She allegedly pointed a handgun at both women and held the headteacher for nearly an hour
- A knife was placed against the headteacher's cheek before the suspect left the school
- Police arrested the woman at her home and placed her in custody
- Nice prosecutors opened an attempted murder investigation; the handgun has not been recovered
A 36-year-old mother of two children enrolled at the Clément-Roassal nursery school in Nice entered the school around 9:00 on Monday and asked for an urgent meeting with the headteacher.
She pointed a handgun at the headteacher and accused her of failing to act on sexual abuse claims involving one of her children, according to prosecutor Damien Martinelli.
“She pointed a handgun at her and made accusations concerning sexual abuse facts of which one of her children would have been a victim.”
The woman slapped the headteacher, pulled her hair, pointed the gun at her again while saying she had only two bullets, and struck her face with the weapon before placing a knife against her cheek.
She held the headteacher in her office for nearly an hour, then left and slapped a teacher in the school grounds while pointing the gun at her.
Police arrested the woman at her home shortly afterwards and placed her in custody; she denies all violence and has two prior convictions, including armed violence in 2019.
The handgun has not been found, and Nice prosecutors have opened an investigation for attempted murder of a person performing a public service mission.
Education Minister Édouard Geffray called the attack intolerable and said it targeted the school system as a whole.
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