GUARDIAN EUROPE: Two other people critically injured and attacker arrested as president heads to scene of stabbing
A teacher has been killed and two other people critically injured in a stabbing at a school in Arras, northern France.
Europe 1 reported that the suspected attacker, who has been arrested, was on a watchlist of people known to be a security risk in connection to radical Islamism. Local media reported that he was a former pupil at Gambetta college. A police source told Agence France-Presse he was from Russia’s mainly Muslim southern Caucasus region of Chechnya.
France’s anti-terrorism prosecution office said it would start an investigation, as President Emmanuel Macron headed to the scene.
The attack happened at about 11am. BFM reported that the person killed was a French literature teacher. A second teacher, reported to be a sports professor, and a school security guard were in hospital with critical injuries, according to the local prefect. » | Kim Willsher in Paris | Friday, October 13, 2023
LIVE EN COURS : En direct, attaque au couteau à Arras : un enseignant tué et deux personnes blessées, l’auteur présumé faisait l’objet d’une surveillance active de la part de la DGSI : Un ancien élève d’origine tchétchène a poignardé plusieurs personnes dans l’enceinte du lycée Gambetta-Carnot. Il a été interpellé peu après, ainsi que son frère dont on ignore pour le moment s’il est mêlé à l’attaque, selon une source policière au « Monde ». Emmanuel Macron va se rendre sur place. Le parquet national antiterroriste a ouvert une enquête. »
Arras : le tueur au couteau était sous surveillance et avait été contrôlé la veille de l’attaque : Mohammed Mogouchkov, l'islamiste qui a tué un professeur et blessé deux autres personnes à Arras vendredi, faisait l'objet d'un suivi actif récent de la DGSI. »
Teacher Dead After Terrorist Stabbing at French School, Officials Say: A suspect was quickly arrested after the attack. President Emmanuel Macron said France had been “hit by the barbarity of Islamist terrorism.” »
