A high school student has been killed and three others injured in a school stabbing attack in western France, police have said.
The alleged culprit, a 15-year-old student, was tackled by teachers and overpowered before police arrived to the scene in Nantes, a police spokesperson said, adding that there is no indication of a terrorist motive.
Images from the scene show police surrounding the school as the investigation into the horror attack gets underway. Firefighters and medical teams are also on site, where the school has been evacuated, according to French media.
According to preliminary probes, the student entered two classrooms before carrying out the stabbing, before he was subdued.
The attack took place at the Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides near the town hall of Doulon.
“We left our classroom at 1pm and saw a lot of students crying. We didn’t understand why,” a student told Ouest-France.
Another student, who is in their final year at high school, told the outlet: “We’re very shocked. We only see this on television. We didn’t think it could happen in our high school.”
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