South Korea: Teacher fatally stabs eight-year-old in Daejeon
The country's acting president has ordered an investigation into the incident in the city of Daejeon.
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The female teacher, who is in her 40s, confessed to stabbing the student in the central city of Daejeon, police said.
The girl was found with stab wounds on the second floor of a school building at 18:00 local time (09:00 GMT) on Monday and was pronounced dead at hospital. The teacher was found beside her with stab wounds that police said may have been self-inflicted.
South Korea's acting president Choi Sang-mok ordered an investigation into the case on Tuesday and urged authorities to "implement necessary measures to ensure such incidents never happen again".
Some locals laid flowers and a stuffed doll at the gate of the school, which was closed on Tuesday.
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