France, June 12 -- French prosecutors on Thursday called for a 14-year-old pupil to be formally charged with murder after the fatal stabbing of a teaching assistant, in a case that has shocked the nation and reignited concerns over school safety.

The secondary school pupil was arrested Tuesday after allegedly killing with a knife a school monitor -- a 31-year-old mother of a young boy during a bag search in the eastern town of Nogent.

The latest school attack caused widespread shock in France, with President Emmanuel Macron denouncing a rise in violence.

As the legal proceedings progressed, schools across France observed a minute of silence in tribute to the victim. The gesture, led by the Ministry of Education, served as a national ma...