teaching assistant

A teaching assistant has died after being stabbed by a student outside a school in Nogent, north-east France, officials say.

The 31-year-old teaching assistant was stabbed on Tuesday morning outside Françoise Dolto middle school as pupils' bags were being checked by police, the Haute-Marne prefecture said.

French President Emmanuel Macron said the teaching assistant was a "victim of a senseless wave of violence" and declared that "the nation is in mourning".

Bayrou and French Education Minister Elisabeth Borne said the teaching assistant was stabbed by a student.

Parents are demanding answers over how a paedophile was able to abuse potentially dozens of disabled and special educational needs children while working as a teaching assistant.