Arras school stabbing
2023 Islamist attack in northern France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 13 October 2023, a mass stabbing occurred at the Gambetta-Carnot secondary school in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France. One person was killed, and three others were seriously wounded.
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Location | Arras, Hauts-de-France, France |
Coordinates | 50.2878°N 2.7761°E / 50.2878; 2.7761 |
Date | 13 October 2023 (2023-10-13) |
Attack type | Mass stabbing |
Weapon | Knife |
Deaths | 1 |
Injured | 3 |
Motive | Islamic extremism[1] |
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The attack was postulated to be connected to rumours that Hamas had called for a global day of terrorism on the 13th.[2][3] The suspect was previously known to the French security services for his involvement with radical Islamism.[4][5]