A instructor was killed and two different folks critically injured on the grounds of the Lycée Gambetta on Friday October 13, 2023. The assailant, of Chechen origin, was arrested.
The incident occurred this morning, at round 11am, on the Lycée Gambetta in Arras (Pas-de-Calais). A person entered the schoolyard with a knife in his hand. As may be seen from photos posted shortly afterwards on social networks, a number of folks tried to intercept him. However the assailant stabbed and killed a instructor, shouting “Allah Akhbar” in line with a number of witnesses, after which two different individuals who have been making an attempt to neutralize him. The prognosis for certainly one of them is life-threatening.
A Chechen on the S listing
Police have been fast to arrest the perpetrator. The perpetrator was a younger man of 20, of Chechen origin, on the S listing. His youthful brother, who isn’t but recognized to be concerned within the assault, was additionally arrested.
The French Nationwide Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Workplace (Pnat) has introduced that it has opened an investigation into the homicide in reference to a terrorist plot.
The President of the Republic and the Minister of Training are on their approach to the scene.
🔴 #Arras L’homme tué dans l’attaque au couteau est un professeur. Un agent de sécurité est en urgence absolue et un autre professeur est en urgence relative. La sous-direction antiterroriste a été saisie. Emmanuel Macron se rend sur place. #12h45 pic.twitter.com/1Bk34tRAHv
— M6 Data (@m6info) October 13, 2023
🔴 Scène de l’attaque à #Arras. Le meurtrier aurait crié Allah Akbar. pic.twitter.com/npPVpgXFn4
— Damien Rieu (@DamienRieu) October 13, 2023
