Teacher fighting for life after ‘being stabbed repeatedly by pupil’

French firefighters and rescue services work near the La Guicharde middle school after a teacher was seriously injured after being stabbed by a student, in Sanary-sur-Mer near Toulon, France (Picture: REUTERS)

An art teacher was fighting for her life in France today after being stabbed ‘three or four times’ by a teenage pupil.

The 60-year-old woman, who has not been named, was set upon by the 14-year-pupil at La Guicharde middle school in Sanary-sur-Mer, in the south of the country, between Toulon and Marseille, on Tuesday.