A pupil has been killed and three others have been injured in a stabbing at a French non-public college.
A 15-year-old boy, mentioned to be a fellow pupil, was arrested in reference to the assault after being overpowered by academics on the scene earlier than officers arrived, police mentioned.
The suspect reportedly entered the grounds of Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides, in Nantes, western France, armed with not less than one knife at round 12.30pm native time (11.30am UK time) on Thursday.
He then went to the second ground of the highschool, the place he attacked a teenage woman. She later died of her accidents, French tv community BFMTV reported.
The suspect then went all the way down to the primary ground, the place he attacked not less than three different college students earlier than being overpowered, radio station Europe 1 mentioned.
Native newspaper Ouest France mentioned the attacker had been dressed all in black, and wore a helmet and balaclava.
Two knives, together with a searching knife, have been reportedly recovered from the scene.
College students on the college revealed that they had acquired an e mail from the suspect earlier within the day outlining unspecified grievances.
One among them, who didn’t need to be named, instructed BFMTV: “It is completely stunning. That is often a really calm highschool, and there have by no means been any issues of this kind, even minor ones.”
Two of the injured college students have been mentioned to be in a vital situation.
A police spokesman mentioned there was no indication of a terrorist motive.
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The suspect was not beforehand identified to the police or safety companies, a supply instructed Le Monde newspaper.
Schooling minister Elisabeth Borne mentioned on social media that she was heading to the college with inside minister Bruno Retailleau to point out ”solidarity with victims and the college neighborhood”.
An official on the college, which is a part of a fancy that additionally includes a main and center college, declined to remark.
