France will mobilize up to 7,000 soldiers to increase security around the country after a teacher was fatally stabbed and three other people wounded in a school attack. Counterterrorism authorities are investigating the attack and say the suspect is a former student of the school who is Chechen and is suspected of Islamic radicalization.
Police officers stand guard outside the high school where a man stabbed a teacher, Saturday Oct.14, 2023 in Arras, northern France. A man of Chechen origin who was under surveillance by French security services over suspected Islamic radicalization stabbed a teacher to death at his former high school and wounded three other people Friday in Arras. Police officers stand guard outside the high school where a man stabbed a teacher, Saturday Oct.14, 2023 in Arras, northern France.
The attacker’s exact motive remains unclear, and he is reportedly refusing to speak to investigators. The suspect in this week’s attack had been under surveillance since the summer on suspicion of Islamic radicalization, French intelligence services told the Associated Press. He was detained Thursday for questioning based on the monitoring of his phone calls in recent days, but investigators found no sign that he was preparing an attack, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.
The prosecutor said the alleged assailant was a former student there and repeatedly shouted “Allahu akbar,” or “God is great” in Arabic during the attack. Prosecutors are considering charges of terrorism-related murder and attempted murder against the suspect.
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