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'Best weapon' against terrorism is education, says French PM

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal paid tribute to victims of terrorism at a ceremony in the northern French town of Arras this Monday, where a teacher, Dominique Bernard, was killed five months ago by a former pupil with a record of Islamist radicalisation.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 11, 2024

Why Arras is the French Christmas market alternative you need to know about this winter

Mulled wine, brioche gingerbread and a side serving of history? Yes please. Chrissie McClatchie tucks into France’s under-the-radar market that should be at the top of your Christmas list this year

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2023

France looks to remove radicalised students from schools

Teachers at the Gambetta-Carnot school in Arras in northern France had twice reported Mohammed Mogouchkov to authorities when he was a student there. But he remained at the school and graduated, and on 13 October he stabbed to death a teacher, claiming allegiance to the Islamic State armed group. The…

Radio France Internationale · Oct 29, 2023

French schools to pay tribute to teacher killed in knife attack

Schools in France will start late and hold a minute's silence on Monday following a suspected terrorist attack on a high school in which one teacher was killed and two other staff were injured. Thousands of people gathered in northern France on Sunday to pay tribute to the victim, French…

Radio France Internationale · Oct 15, 2023

Louvre Museum in Paris evacuated after bomb threat as France on high alert

Incident comes after teacher was stabbed to death in the northern town of Arras on Friday

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2023

France to deploy 7,000 soldiers after fatal stabbing of teacher

France on Saturday said it will deploy 7,000 soldiers after declaring a top-level alert following the fatal stabbing of a teacher by a suspect of Chechen origin, who also severely wounded three others at a school.

France 24 · Oct 14, 2023

School stabbing in France’s Arras: What do we know about the suspect?

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 critically wounded three other people Friday in northern France, authorities said.

France 24 · Oct 13, 2023

France raises alert to highest level after teacher’s fatal stabbing

France on Friday raised its security alert to the highest level after a man of Chechen origin stabbed a teacher to death and severely wounded two other adults at a school in the northern town of Arras in a knife attack that echoed the grisly slaying of a teacher in…

France 24 · Oct 13, 2023

One dead, two severely wounded in knife attack at French school

A man of Chechen origin who was under surveillance by the French security services over suspected radicalization stabbed a teacher to death at his former high school and critically wounded two other people in northern France on Friday, authorities said.

France 24 · Oct 13, 2023

Mystery of 'rare' war grave described as 'one of most interesting' in UK

Leonard Comer Wall's former war horse Blackie had seen action on the battlefields of Ypres, Arras, Somme and Cambra having been brought from the battlefield to Liverpool

Daily Mirror · Aug 15, 2022