French schools to hold moment of silence for teacher killed in knife attack

The homage on Monday afternoon will also pay tribute to another teacher, Samuel Paty, killed exactly three years ago near his Paris area school

The incident took place in the northern city of Arras (Picture: AP)

French schools are holding a moment of silence after a teacher was fatally stabbed and three other people were injured last week in an attack by a former student suspected of Islamic radicalisation.

In a message posted on X, formerly Twitter, French president Emmanuel Macron said that after the attack at the Gambetta-Carnot school in the northern city of Arras on Friday, “we took action, we are taking action and we will continue to take action to ensure that school remains a sanctuary for our students and for all those who work there”.