France has declared a maximum security alert in the wake of a terrorist attack at a school that left one teacher dead and several other people injured.
According to France's interior minister, the attack was linked to the Israel-Hamas conflict.A maximum security alert - the highest level - means "vigilance and maximum protection in the event of an imminent threat of a terrorist attack or directly after an attack". There are also "concerns the whole territory may be targeted".
Read More: Israeli shelling along Lebanon border kills one journalist and injures sixAll schools in the city were put under lockdown and police have been put on high alert.Footage of the attack has been shared on social media.Students filmed the knife attack from their classroom windows. In the clip, the attacker, armed with a knife, can be seen swinging at people in the school’s car park.
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