Knife attack at a school in France – One dead and injured – The attacker shouted “Allahu Akbar” – Macron rushes – Video

An alarm sounded in the Arras region of France. The police rushed to a high school in the area, where it was reported that man attacked with knife shouting “Allahu Akbar”as reported by AFP citing a police source.

The attack left one professor dead and two seriously injured. One of the wounded is security guardbearing many stab wounds, and the second is a high school teacheraccording to a police source.

French President Emmanuel Macron is on the spot, the Elysee announced. The French parliament suspended its work in solidarity with the victims.

🔴 Attack scene #Arras. Le meurtrier aurait crié Allah Akbar. pic.twitter.com/npPVpgXFn4

— Damien Rieu (@DamienRieu) October 13, 2023

The incident took place around 11am, at Gambetta high school in Arras.

🔴 Attaque au couteau dans un lycée d’Arras : un enseignant killed, two wounded graves

“The author of the facts was interpellé par la police”, said the minister of the interior Gérald Darmanin on the social network X. https://t.co/2ohBzIpTeP

— Le Monde (@lemondefr) October 13, 2023

🎥🇨🇵 Arras – Attack au knife – L’assaillant a été interpellé pic.twitter.com/Y6JkQmfLDV

— Louis Montpellier Natio (@Natio_1976) October 13, 2023

According to BFM TV the arrested person is about 20 years old and possibly a former student at the schoolwhile his brother was also arrested.

The attack comes almost three years after the murder of Samuel Patiof the 47-year-old teacher who was beheaded on October 16, 2020 near his school in Conflans-Saint-Honorin in the Paris district, ten days after he showed his students sketches of Muhammad as part of a lesson on freedom of expression.

The 18-year-old killerRussian refugee of Chechen origin, he was killed by the police.