Arras [France], October 13 (ANI): Reacting to the deadly stab assault at a highschool in Arras, French President Emmanuel Macron stated that the nation has been hit by the “barbarity of Islamist terrorism”, The New York Instances reported on Saturday.
The incident occurred in Arras in northern France on Saturday, the place a faculty instructor was killed and two college students have been left injured in a stabbing incident at Gambetta-Carnot public faculty.
The police rapidly arrange a safety perimeter across the faculty, and town introduced that it was suspending all public occasions till additional discover, The New York Instances reported.
Talking to reporters, right here in Arras, Macron stated, “France had been “hit by the barbarity of Islamist terrorism.””Virtually three years to the day after Samuel Paty’s homicide, terrorism has struck once more in a faculty,” President Macron stated after dashing to the scene.
He additional stated that the sufferer was killed in a “brutal and cowardly manner”.
Macron additionally praised that instructor and the 2 individuals who have been injured — one other instructor and a faculty worker — for making an attempt to cease the assailant, The New York Instances reported.
“We stand collectively and stand tall,” Macron added.
The Washington Publish reported citing witnesses that the attacker shouted “Allahu akbar” (God is best) through the assault.
Visegrad 24 information company additionally reported, “Man yells “Allahu Akbar” earlier than stabbing a instructor to loss of life and wounding one other 2 in a highschool within the French metropolis of Arras”.
Notably, the phobia group Hamas has declared this Friday because the ‘International Day of Rage’.
This comes as Israel and Hamas are engaged in an intense battle after the latter launched a shock assault on the previous on October 7, launching a barrage of rockets into Israel, main it to a good stronger counter-offensive.
Earlier, French Inside Minister Gerald Darmanin reacted over the incident stating that the stabbing occurred in Arras, a metropolis in northern France.
“A police operation passed off on the Gambetta Excessive Faculty in Arras. The perpetrator was arrested by the police,” he posted on X (previously Twitter).
The attacker was allegedly a person of Chechen origin and was recognized to the safety providers for his involvement with radical Islam, The Washington Publish reported citing Europe 1, a radio station.
It additional reported citing French media experiences that the attacker was a former pupil on the faculty. (ANI)
