Teen Girl Stabbed To Death In France School Knife Attack, Macron Praises Teachers For Restricting Attacker

<p>A teenage girl was killed in a stabbing attack in a school in western France while three other students were injured in the attack.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The attack took place at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school in Nantes on Thursday and the attacker is said to have been arrested after being restricted by a teacher, reported BBC.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The school has been evacuated, and a significant number of police, emergency services personnel, and army officers have reached the spot.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Chaos unfolded as the incident took place, with students running through the site and some confined to classrooms after an alarm was sounded around lunchtime.&nbsp;</p>
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<h2>’Want To Hold Children In Our Arms'</h2>
<p>The school informed families of the students about the knife attack adding that the students had been immediately held inside the school.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Subsequently, authorities helped students gradually leave the site from 15:30 local time as some parents waited nearby.&nbsp;</p>
<p>A father told Reuters they were “waiting to hold them [our children] in our arms” and “help deal with the stress this will have caused”.</p>
<p>According to the school website, the institution has around 2,000 students from nursery through high school.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Students and teachers are being provided psychological assistance and Rue des &Eacute;pinettes, where the school is located in the east of the city, has been closed off.</p>
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<h2>Macron Praises Teachers&nbsp;</h2>
<p>French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the casualty and lauded the teachers at the scene.&nbsp;</p>
<p>”By their intervention, the teachers undoubtedly prevented further tragedies. Their courage commands respect,” he wrote on X.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Prime Minister Fran&ccedil;ois Bayrou, meanwhile, urged &nbsp;”an intensification” of checks for knives in schools.</p>
<p>National and local politicians visited the school following the knife attack. “This tragedy is not a news item, it is a social phenomenon,” said Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau.&nbsp;</p>
<p>He added that the “psychological profile” of the suspect was not known.</p>