Seoul, South Korea
AP
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South Korean police on Tuesday were questioning an elementary school teacher who allegedly stabbed a first-grader to death in the city of Daejeon.
The killing on Monday during after-school care has shocked the nation and prompted the country’s acting president to order school safety standards reviewed.
The female suspect was receiving medical treatment for self-inflicted wounds following the death of the girl in an audio-visual room on the second floor of the school, said Yuk Jong-myeong, chief of Daejeon’s western district police station.
The suspect, reported to be in her 40s, told police that she had recently…
