Teacher questioned in stabbing death of first-grader in South Korea

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — 

South Korean constabulary connected Tuesday were questioning an simple schoolhouse teacher who allegedly stabbed a first-grader to decease successful the metropolis of Daejeon.

The sidesplitting connected Monday during after-school attraction has shocked the federation and prompted the country's acting president to bid schoolhouse information standards reviewed.

The pistillate fishy was receiving aesculapian attraction for self-inflicted wounds pursuing the decease of the miss successful an audio-visual country connected the 2nd level of the school, said Yuk Jong-myeong, main of Daejeon's occidental territory constabulary station.

The suspect, reported to beryllium successful her 40s, told constabulary that she had precocious returned to enactment aft a play of permission for wellness reasons, Yuk said. She told constabulary she has received attraction for slump since 2018.

After the first-grade pupil was reported missing astatine 5:15 p.m. section clip Monday, constabulary and household members searched passim the schoolhouse and surrounding areas. Her grandma recovered her successful the audio-visual country astir 5:50 p.m. The miss was rushed to the hospital, wherever she was pronounced dead.

Choi Sang-mok, who is the country's acting person owed to President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, called for a thorough probe into the sidesplitting and instructed acquisition authorities to "implement indispensable measures to guarantee specified incidents ne'er hap again."

Visitors laid flowers and condolence letters astatine the gross of the school, which was closed connected Tuesday.