A teacher and three others were wounded in a stabbing at a high school in Northern France
The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice after the country raised its national threat level to the highest level following a fatal stabbing on Friday, October 13. A teacher and three others were wounded in the attack at a high school in Arras, around 100 miles north of Paris.
Earlier on Monday the same school was evacuated due to a suspected bomb threat, however it appeared to be a false alarm. French President Emmanual Macron also cut short travel plans plans to hold a security meeting with key government membersREAD MORE: Piccadilly Gardens bus crash: Everything we know so far as ambulance service and police issue statement
In light of the update, the UK Foreign Office has urged Brits to ‘stay alert and follow the advice of local authorities’. It said: “Following a fatal attack in Arras, northern France on 13 October 2023, France has raised its national threat level to the highest level . The teacher killed in the attack was Dominique Bernard, a French language teacher in the northern city of Arras at the Gambetta-Carnot school, which enrols students ages 11-18. Another teacher and a security guard were in critical condition with wounds from the stabbing, police said. The counter-terrorism prosecutor said a cleaning worker was also injured.
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