The suspect, a former student and member of the Chechen ethnic group, is apparently in custody.
A stabbing attack at a French school resulted in the death of a teacher and the injury of two additional individuals. According to local media, a 20-year-old ethnic Chechen has been detained in relation to the event on Friday.
The assault took place at the Gambetta secondary school in the northern French city of Arras. Following the tragedy, senior government figures, including President Emmanuel Macron, have visited the city.
Around 11 a.m. local time, the attacker reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” as he went for school staff members. He was eventually revealed to be a 20-year-old former student, according to information provided by police to local media.
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Le Figaro claims that the offender is an ethnic Chechen who has a history of posing a major threat to national security. The suspect’s brother, who wasn’t there when the attack happened, has apparently also been taken into custody. The case will be handled by France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office.
A guard and another teacher were gravely hurt, with the latter being claimed to be in a critical condition, and the deceased victim was a teacher of literature, according to sources.
The murder of geography professor Samuel Paty in the Paris suburb of Eragny-sur-Oise in 2020 takes place three days before the anniversary of the stabbing. An 18-year-old Russian immigrant of Chechen ethnicity who stabbed Paty was later shot and killed by police.
The murderer of Paty had been radicalised into the doctrine of Islam and had wished to exact revenge for perceived slights against his faith. His teachings on the issue over Muhammad cartoons and the 2015 terrorist assault on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which had reprinted them, were directed at Paty.
