South Korean police are questioning an elementary-school teacher in connection with the fatal stabbing of a pupil in the city of Daejeon.

A teacher has fatally stabbed an eight-year-old girl at an elementary school in South Korea, in an incident that has shocked the nation.The female teacher, who is in her 40s, confessed to stabbing the student in the central city of Daejeon,

An 8-year-old student died after being stabbed by a teacher at an elementary school in South Korea, according to multiple news reports citing police. Police who responded to the school in the city of Daejeon on Feb. 10 found the child and the female teacher, who was in her 40s, with stab wounds, according to the Yonhap News Agency and Reuters .