A female teacher has been arrested after stabbing an eight-year-old student to death at a primary school in South Korea, based on reports.
The seven-year-old victim was rushed to hospital with stab wounds on her face and neck after she was found affected by cardiac arrest at a college within the central city of Daejeon on Monday evening, the Yonhap news agency reported.
Medics attempted to save lots of her, but she slipped into an unconscious state, and later died, stated the report.
The teacher was found with stab wounds on her neck and arm, which officials speculated might be self-inflicted, and was also hospitalised. She later confessed to the crime.
Police found that the teacher had taken a leave of absence attributable to depression and returned to the varsity late last 12 months.
The kid was attending an after-school child child care class while waiting to go to an private art class, Yonhap reports.
The teacher and the girl were found by police at around 6:00 pm (0900 GMT) after the kid’s parents reported her missing from the art class.
The teacher underwent surgery for her wounds, and police said they’d resume questioning her later.
South Korea is mostly considered to be a protected country, with a homicide rate well below the worldwide average.
Nevertheless, violent crime has seen a surge in activity over the past 12 months, with a string of high-profile stabbings reported lately,
In August 2023, a highschool teacher was reportedly attacked with a knife, also in Daejeon, around 140 kilometres (87 miles) south of the capital Seoul.
In the identical week, an attacker drove a automotive right into a pedestrian walkway in town of Bundang, near Seoul, before attacking people at a department store with a knife.
And in July 2023, an individual was killed and three wounded in one other stabbing in Seoul.
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