The perpetrator of the attack inside a school in France, a Chechen, is on the extremist list...and the authorities raise the level of security alert.
Paris - Brussels: Agencies - Europe and the Arabs
The office of French Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne said that it was decided to raise the security alert level in France to the level of an "emergency attack", following the knife stabbing that took place yesterday, Friday, in a secondary school in the city of Arras in the Pas-de-Calais department (north of... France), which resulted in the death of a French teacher and the injury of others. According to what the Middle East Sons Agency reported
On Friday evening, French President Emmanuel Macron chaired a security meeting, in the presence of the Prime Minister and the Ministers of the Interior and Education, after the attack that occurred at the Gambetta School in the city of Arras.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin - in an interview with the "TF1" channel - confirmed this information, saying, "There is no specific threat, even if there is a very negative atmosphere," adding, "When we move to this level of caution and vigilance, that is because we call on all... "The French and all departments must exercise caution."
He explained that this level allows the forces to strengthen their strength, with the presence of a few thousand additional security personnel who will help the police and gendarmerie in monitoring the shopping centers, and clearly protecting all French people, because “we are not the ones who retreat.”
For his part, the French Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor, Jean-François Ricard, indicated - in a press conference - that “several investigations are underway to uncover the facts” after this painful incident. He confirmed that a number of people have been imprisoned, adding, “the investigation is continuing intensively.”
Ricard explained that the country witnessed a knife stabbing attack this morning at a school in the city of Arras, when the perpetrator of the attack entered the school and was a former student there, and stabbed a teacher who was in front of the school, which claimed his life. Meanwhile, another teacher came to help his colleague, but he was stabbed and injured. Then the perpetrator of the attack entered the school and went to several people. A technical worker was injured with several stab wounds, then a maintenance worker, according to Ricard. Thus, the toll of the incident was one dead and three injured. The police immediately arrested the perpetrator of the attack.
A police source had reported that the attacker was of Chechen origin and was on the security services' list of extremists.
Following this attack, the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecution announced the opening of an investigation into a murder case linked to a terrorist plot, and an investigation into an attempted murder linked to a terrorist plot and the formation of a terrorist criminal gang.
The neighboring country, Belgium, witnessed a security alert yesterday morning, Friday, after two bags were found inside the Antwerp train station, in the north of the country. After examination by bomb experts, it was found that there were no explosives, but the authorities opened an investigation into the circumstances of the matter. The authorities also imposed security measures to avoid any security threats to the area. The background to the escalation between the Israelis and the Palestinians, especially since the city of Antwerp has a large Jewish community