ARRAS, France - A 20-year-old man fatally stabbed a teacher and gravely wounded two other people in an attack at a school in the northern France city of Arras on Friday (Oct 13) that President Emmanuel Macron condemned as 'barbaric Islamic terrorism.
French police and fire fighters secure the area after a teacher was killed and several people injured in a knife attack at the Lycee Gambetta-Carnot high school in Arras, northern France, on Oct 13, 2023.ARRAS, France - A 20-year-old man fatally stabbed a teacher and gravely wounded two other people in an attack at a school in the northern France city of Arras on Friday that President Emmanuel Macron condemned as "barbaric Islamic terrorism.
Visiting the site of the attack, Macron paid his respects to the dead teacher, Dominique Bernard, whose body still lay under a cover surrounded by a pool of blood. The attacker was on a state watchlist of people known as a potential security risk, a police source said. The Fiche S contains thousands of names and only a small number are actively monitored.
A security source said an elder brother of the alleged assailant was serving time in prison for links to Islamist militant networks and glorification of terrorist acts.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Hamas calls for Friday protests in East Jerusalem, West BankGAZA/RAMALLAH, West Bank: Gaza's ruling Hamas militants called on Palestinians to rise up on Friday (Oct 13) in protest at Israel's bombardment of the enclave, urging Palestinians to march to East Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque and clash with Israeli troops in the occupied...
Read more »
All eyes on poster boy Dupont as France captain returns to face South AfricaPARIS : Antoine Dupont's face is for everyone to see as the mercurial scrumhalf is the Rugby World Cup's poster boy, and 80,000 pairs of eyes will be on the France captain as he takes to the field for their quarter-final clash against South Africa on Sunday.
Read more »
France and South Africa bracing for brutal, but tactical battlePARIS : France expect a brutal clash with South Africa in their World Cup quarter-final, but strategy will probably play a more important part at the Stade de France, where physicality and sheer power will not be enough to go through on Sunday.
Read more »
Mbappe double over Dutch fires unbeaten France to Euro '24AMSTERDAM: Kylian Mbappe fired France into next year's European Championships on Friday (Oct 13), scoring twice as Les Bleus kept their unbeaten qualifying record with a 2-1 win over a depleted Netherlands in Amsterdam.
Read more »
Father, daughter in France set world record after cycling over 2,000km to draw giant ‘heart’A father-and-daughter pair set a new world record for the largest GPS (Global Positioning System) drawing by a bicycle team. Mr Frederic de Lanouvelle and his teenage daughter Mathilde rode 2,162km in France from Aug 16 to 31, according to the Guinness World Records...
Read more »
Father, daughter in France set world record after cycling over 2,000km to draw giant ‘heart’Mr Frederic de Lanouvelle and his daughter Mathilde rode 2,162km in France in August. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Read more »