8-Year-Old Student Dies After Being Stabbed By Elementary School Teacher

Mar. 15, 2025

Police who responded to the school in the city of Daejeon on Feb. 10 found the child and the female teacher, who was in her 40s, with stab wounds, according to theYonhap News AgencyandReuters.

The girl, who was stabbed in the neck and arm, was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said, per Yonhap. The child was reported missing after she didn’t attend an after-school art class.

The teacher, who was being treated at the hospital, allegedly admitted to the stabbing while speaking with police, according to Yonhap.

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Yonhap reported, citing police, that the teacher had returned to the school last year after taking a leave of absence due to depression. It’s unclear if the woman has been arrested or charged, nor if any motive has been ascertained.

source: people.com