Teacher killed in France school stabbing
A teacher has been stabbed to death in France and two others seriously injured in a knife attack at a school.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the attack happened at the Gambetta High School in the northern city of Arras at about 11:00 local time.
The attacker, a man in his 20s, has been arrested and is now in custody.
Witnesses claim he shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the attack.
French media says he was a former pupil at the school and is of Chechen origin and known to security for his involvement with radical Islam.
The person killed was a French language teacher. Another teacher was injured as well as a security guard.
The French anti-terror prosecutor’s office says it has opened an investigation following the attack for “murder in connection with a terrorist enterprise” and “attempted murder in connection with a terrorist enterprise”.