France declares maximum security alert after teacher killed and several others injured in terror attack

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France has declared a maximum security alert in the wake of a terrorist attack at a school that left one teacher dead and several other people injured.

A maximum security alert means "vigilance and maximum protection in the event of an imminent threat of a terrorist attack or directly after an attack". There are also "concerns the whole territory may be targeted". A source told Le Parisien the man rushed into school shouting “Allahu Akbar" as he attacked the Gambetta high school in Arras on Friday morning.

In the clip, the attacker, armed with a knife, can be seen swinging at people in the school’s car park. One of the victims tries to keep the attacker at bay with a chair before he falls to the ground, where he appeared to be stabbed.One pupil told local news outlet La Voix du Nord: "We were leaving class to go to the canteen when we saw the guy with two knives attacking the teacher, who had blood on him. "He tried to calm him down and protect us.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

 

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