A teacher has stabbed an eight-year-old boy at an elementary school in South Korea, in an incident that has shocked the nation.
The female teacher, who is in her 40s, admitted to stabbing the student in the central city of Daejeon, police said.
The girl was found with stab wounds on the second floor of the school building at 18:00 local time (09:00 GMT) on Monday and was pronounced dead in hospital.
The teacher was at his side with stab wounds that police said were likely self-inflicted.
South Korean acting president Choi Sang-mok on Tuesday ordered an investigation into the case and called on authorities to “take necessary measures to ensure such incidents do not occur again”.
By: BBC
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