Teacher Agnès Lassalle, who was stabbed to death in the middle of class by a 16-year-old student, was dismissed this Sunday by an emotional widower’s dance in front of her lover’s coffin.

The scene has gone viral because it shows a coffin and a photo of a teacher outside a temple in Biarritz, France, as a man dressed in a suit starts dancing in front of the box to the tune of Nat King Cole’s “Love”.

The man mimics the steps he would take while dancing with her and even places his hands as if he is holding her body next to him. Seconds later, friends and family join him and dance in farewell to the slain teacher.

L’image du jour: l’hommage dansé du compagnon d’Agnès Lassalle et de ses amis à l’enseignante, en sortant de la cérémonie d’obsèques ( 🎥@F3euskalherri ) #sengendeluz pic.twitter.com/8P43nsjvWS

— France 3 Aquitaine (@F3Aquitaine) March 3, 2023

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Emmanuel Macron, President of France He expressed dismay over the incident on Twitter:

I share the pain of the family, their classmates, their students, our teachers who dedicate themselves to passing on knowledge to future generations.