10:32 – Ten people taken into custody
According to a police source, including Le Figaro echoed, ten people, including the attacker, were taken into custody after the terrorist attack which struck the Gambetta-Carnot high school in Arras.
10:15 – Gabriel Attal on site
The day after the knife attack in a high school in Arras, the Minister of National Education, Gabriel Attal, returned to the scene. He was welcomed by the president of the region, Xavier Bertrand.
09:55 – Tributes in front of the high school
The Gambetta-Carnot school campus in Arras is usually open on Saturdays, but after the attack, classes were canceled. In front of the gates of the establishment, people come to leave flowers or candles, in tribute to the literature professor killed this Friday.
09:32 – 7,000 soldiers from Operation Sentinel deployed
According to information from RTLafter France’s passage into “emergency attack” alert, 7,000 soldiers from Operation Sentinel will be mobilized by Monday, compared to the usual 3,000.
09:18 – France on “emergency attack” alert
France has been placed on “emergency attack” alert following the knife attack perpetrated in a high school in Arras this Friday morning, announced the Prime Minister, Élisabeth Borne, on X.
10/13/23 – 11:41 p.m. – Samuel Paty’s parents say they are “literally devastated” after the attack in Arras
END OF LIVE – The knife attack in Arras, which caused the death of a teacher, is reminiscent of the assassination of Samuel Paty, which took place almost three years ago to the day. Samuel Paty’s parents reacted to this tragedy with Release : “We are literally devastated. We regret that this could happen again.” The sister of the history and geography teacher killed in her college in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, for her part, said she shared “the fear of the educational community”. “The State must find a way to prevent S files from acting so easily,” added the teacher.
10/13/23 – 11:20 p.m. – The story of the suspect’s arrest
During his press conference this Friday evening, the anti-terrorism public prosecutor returned to the arrest of the suspect in the knife attack in Arras. After entering the high school grounds, “the attacker then tried to leave the premises through the front of the school,” reported Jean-François Ricard. Then, “he turned back and headed toward the back of the yard.” “Very quickly he was arrested there by the police who had to use their taser gun twice,” said the prosecutor, who added that “several witnesses heard ‘Allahu Akbar’ shouted.”
10/13/23 – 10:55 p.m. – Eight people in police custody, including the suspect, his two brothers and his two sisters
Eight people are currently in police custody following the knife attack in Arras, including the suspect. Among them are also, according to information from BFMTV, his older brother, who was incarcerated, as well as his other brother. His two sisters are also in police custody. The news channel also specifies that the suspect has arrived at the DGSI premises located in Levallois-Perret. He was transferred there at the end of the day from Arras.