PARIS (Reuters) – A high school student was killed and three others were injured in a knife attack at a school in the western French city of Nantes on Thursday before the assailant was overpowered by teachers, police said.
BFM TV reported that the student who was killed was a girl. Police did not confirm the age or gender of the victim.
The attacker, aged 15, was overpowered by teachers at the Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides private school before police arrived, a police spokesperson said.
She said there was nohting pointing to a terrorist motive.
French broadcaster franceinfo reported that the stabbing followed a conflict among students and that the attacker had suffered from depression.
Local newspaper Ouest France said the attacker was dressed all in black, and wore a helmet and balaclava. Two knives were found lying next to the assailant’s belongings, it said.
BFM reported that the attacker had emailed a document to all students in the school which painted a bleak picture of society. Police could not immediately confirm the report.
(Reporting by Geert De Clercq; Editing by Makini Brice and Timothy Heritage)
