Two days after the death of Dominique Bernard in a terrorist attack in a high school in Arras, a gathering was held on Sunday October 15 in front of Arras town hall, on the Place des Héros, to pay tribute to the teacher. The city’s sirens sounded for several minutes. The municipality also invited its residents to lay flowers at the foot of the Belfry. Several spontaneous gatherings have already taken place in Arras and throughout France to pay tribute to the victims of the knife attack which left one dead and three injured. Follow our live stream.
Gérald Darmanin denies any “fault in the intelligence services”. The main suspect in the attack was a radicalized former student of Arras high school targeted by the attack. Mohammed M., file S, had been followed since the summer by the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI). She had arrested him the day before the incident “to check if he didn’t have a weapon” and control his phone, according to the Minister of the Interior, who excludes “failure of intelligence services”.
Eleven people placed in police custody. An eleventh person was taken into custody on Saturday as part of the investigation into the terrorist attack in a high school in Arras, franceinfo learned from a source close to the investigation. The main suspect, Mohamed M., continues to remain silent.
A time of contemplation will be organized on Monday. Classes will be canceled in middle and high schools on Monday, between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., to allow time for discussion between teachers, the Minister of National Education, Gabriel Attal, announced on Saturday in a document sent to the educational community and consulted by franceinfo. “You need to get together, to discuss, to prepare as best as possible for the return of the students”, he wrote, adding that a minute of silence will take place at 2 p.m. In primary school, the exchange between teachers will take place during the mid-day break, before a time of tribute which must “take into account the age of the students”.