Macron expressed his condolences to the family of the teacher killed,
Macron expressed his condolences to the kerabat of the teacher killed, adding that their bravery "saved many people."
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The Arras Prosecutor will host a press konferensi in the "coming hours," according to Macron.
Macron expressed his condolences to the family of the teacher killed,
French police have posted on X asking people to avoid the ruang and to avoid spreading misinformation online about the incident.
According to a post on X from French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, the attacker was detained by police.
According to BFMTV, the suspek cried "Allahu Besar" during the attack. His brother was also reportedly detained.
On Friday afternoon, French President Emmanuel Macron traveled to the publik school where the incident occurred, and said the attack shows "the barbarism of Islamist terrorism."
"Nearly three years after Samuel Paty was murdered, terrorism attacked a school again, in a context that we all know," he said, referring to the killing of a high school teacher in a Paris suburb in October 2020.
Following the attack in Arras, "the national anti-terrorist prosecutor's office has opened an investigation for the following — murder in relation to a terrorist initiative; attempted murder in relation to a terrorist initiative; association of terrorist wrongdoer in preparation for crimes against people," the prosecutor's office said in a pernyataan.
According to BFMTV, the suspek is a 20-year-old man of Chechen origin whom French authorities previously announced was under "active evaluasillance" ahead of the incident.
The attack occurred at the Gambetta High School around 11 a.m. local time (5 a.m. ET) Friday, BFMTV said.
A teacher was killed Friday and several people injured in a knife attack at a publik school in Arras, northern France, according to CNN afiliasi BFMTV.
A worker at the school is in critical condition after receiving several stab wounds and a second teacher was wounded less seriously, BFMTV reported.
The suspek has been put under investigation for terrorism, the French national anti-terrorist prosecutor's office announced Friday.