France moves to “attack emergency” alert level

On 13 October 2023, France was shaken by an attack targeting a teacher, a painful reminder of the murder of Samuel Paty three years earlier. Faced with the threat, the government activated the “attack emergency” level of the Vigipirate plan, mobilising exceptional resources to guarantee the security of the country.

On Friday 13 October 2023, almost three years to the day after the murder of Samuel Paty, Arras was the scene of a new attack targeting a teacher. Dominique Bernard, a French literature teacher at the Gambetta secondary school, was stabbed to death. The attacker, a 20-year-old man originally from Russia, was quickly overpowered by witnesses at the scene before being arrested. While the investigation continues, the first findings reveal the radicalisation of the assailant, who was known to the intelligence services...

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