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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.

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

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

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France looks to remove radicalised students from schools

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…

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Security tight as France holds funeral of teacher slain by former student

The funeral of murdered French teacher Dominique Bernard was held on Thursday under heightened security in the northern town of Arras. President Emmanuel Macron attended the emotional ceremony paying tribute to Bernard, who was stabbed to death six days ago by a radicalised former student.

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Prosecutors say French school attacker pledged allegiance to Islamic State

The man who stabbed to death a French schoolteacher last week had recorded himself before the attack saying he was acting for the Islamic State group, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

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Macron calls for ‘ruthless’ approach to extremism in wake of Arras attack

Schools pay tribute to teacher killed last week as country placed on highest security alert

The Guardian - UK

French schools honour teacher fatally stabbed in 'terror' attack

Schools across France on Monday held a minute of silence for the teacher stabbed to death in what President Emmanuel Macron called an act of "Islamist terror". Earlier in the day, Macron called for a "ruthless" government response to those in France with terrorist ideologies.

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French schools to pay tribute to teacher killed in knife attack

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…

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

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

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

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.

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

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 raises alert to highest level after teacher’s fatal stabbing

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…

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

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.

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

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

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Le Pen calls on voters to choose 'between Macron and France' at final campaign rally

Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen urged voters to choose "between Macron and France" as she held her final campaign rally in the northern town of Arras on Thursday, hoping to sway undecided voters ahead of Sunday’s final presidential vote.

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