https://www.politico.eu/article/one-dead-several-wounded-knife-attack-france-teacher-macron/
PARIS — A teacher has been killed and two people wounded in a knife attack Friday at a school in the northern French city of Arras, local media report.
The French interior minister confirmed a police operation was ongoing and that the attacker has been arrested.
According to several media reports, the attack took place inside the Gambetta high school at 11 a.m. on Friday. The attacker, who has been named in the French press as Mohammed Mogouchkov, is reportedly of Chechen origin and is said to have shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the attack.
French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived at the scene Friday afternoon, along with Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and Education Minister Gabriel Attal. In the wake of the attack, the French education ministry reinforced security at schools across the country.
PARIS — A teacher has been killed and two people wounded in a knife attack Friday at a school in the northern French city of Arras, local media report.
The French interior minister confirmed a police operation was ongoing and that the attacker has been arrested.
According to several media reports, the attack took place inside the Gambetta high school at 11 a.m. on Friday. The attacker, who has been named in the French press as Mohammed Mogouchkov, is reportedly of Chechen origin and is said to have shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the attack.
French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived at the scene Friday afternoon, along with Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and Education Minister Gabriel Attal. In the wake of the attack, the French education ministry reinforced security at schools across the country.
