South Korean police on Tuesday were questioning an elementary school teacher who allegedly stabbed a first-grader to death in the city of Daejeon.

An elementary school teacher in South Korea is accused of stabbing an 8-year-old student to death on Monday, according to reports from local media.

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 .