Macron urges 'ruthless' response after school 'Islamist' attack
Oct 17, 2023
Paris [France], October 17: French schools on Monday held a minute's silence for a teacher killed last week in what the government called an Islamist terror attack, with the president urging a "ruthless" response to extremists. The knife assault on Friday in the northern city of Arras, almost three years to the day after a similar killing of a teacher near Paris, has shocked the public and triggered a massive security response. Adding to the tension, the same Arras school was evacuated Monday over a bomb threat, although officials later said the alert had been lifted.
