Fifteen-year-old student arrested after incident at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school near Nantes
A student at a French high school stabbed four other students at his school on Thursday, killing at least one and injuring three others before being arrested, police said.
The circumstances of the attack were not immediately clear. A national police official said it had taken place at the private Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides high school in Nantes on the Atlantic coast.
The student stabbed four people with a knife during a lunch break before teachers subdued him, and he was later taken in by police, the official – who was not authorised to be named publicly – said.
A police spokesperson said there was no indication of a terrorist motive. Teachers had overpowered the student, 15, before police arrived, they said.
Fatal attacks are rare in French schools.
The education minister, Élisabeth Borne, said on X that she and the interior minister, Bruno Retailleau, were heading to the school to show “solidarity with victims and the school community”.
Images from the scene showed police and troops surrounding the school as the investigation got under way.
An official at the school, which is part of a complex housing a primary and middle school, would not comment on what happened. They said the school was concentrating on caring for the students who were on campus at the time.
