SEOUL (Reuters) – A child was found in cardiac arrest and later died after being stabbed in a South Korean elementary school on Monday alongside a woman in her 40s who also had stab wounds, local media reported.
Police were investigating the case in the city of Daejeon with the woman as a suspect in the stabbing, local media quoted police as saying. Police did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for information.
The child was a seven-year-old girl and was found with stab wounds in the neck and face, a local fire department official told Reuters. Local media said the girl died after being transferred to hospital, and that the woman was a teacher at the school. The woman was hospitalised, the fire official said.
The Yonhap news agency said the woman later admitted to being responsible for the crime. The woman had taken a leave of absence while suffering from depression before returning to work late last year, according to Yonhap.
(Reporting by Hyunsu Yim; editing by Mark Heinrich)
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