Cliff Notes
- A 15-year-old student has been arrested after a knife attack at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school in Nantes, France, resulting in one fatality and three injuries.
- The deceased, a female student, was stabbed alongside three others, two of whom are reportedly in critical condition.
- Authorities confirmed there is no indication of a terrorist motive, as the attacker was subdued by teachers before police arrived on the scene.
Student killed and three injured in stabbing at French school
A student has been killed in a knife attack at a French private school.
Three other students were also injured.
The attacker, reported to be a 15-year-old student, was overpowered by teachers before officers arrived, a police spokesperson said.
Local media reported that a high school student entered the grounds of Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides, in Nantes, western France, armed with a knife at about midday local time on Thursday.
BFM reported that the victim who was killed was female.
The outlet said the attacker went up to the second floor of the school and stabbed the first student, before going back down to the school and stabbing at least three other teenagers.
Two of the injured students were said to be in a critical condition.
A police spokesman said there was no indication of a terrorist motive.