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The Arras school stabbing was a terrorist attack carried out by an Islamist ofIngush origin on 13 October 2023 within the Gambetta-Carnot school in Arras, the capital of thePas-de-Calais, in the regionHauts-de-France.
Dominique Bernard, a French literature teacher, was mortally wounded in the throat and thorax by the attacker while trying to protect his students. Three other members of staff were injured in the attack: a PE teacher hit in the face and a security guard stabbed several times were severely injured; a maintenance worker was also injured in the cheek. The attack was partly filmed.
Claiming his act in the name of theIslamic State, Mohammed Mogouchkov, 20 years old, is on trial for murder in relation with a terrorist organisation, while his brother, 16 years old, is prosecuted for being an accomplice to murder. They are in custody for the duration of their trial.
According to the testimony of Martin-Roch Doussau, a teacher of philosophy at the Gambetta college, the terrorist was looking for a history teacher, which echoes of themurder of Samuel Paty: three years ago, this history and geography teacher had been killed and subsequently decapitated with a knife by another young adult ofNakh origin.
Amid theGaza war,Hamas leaderKhaled Mashal called for a global day of protest on 13 October, which the media misrepresented as a 'Global Day of Jihad'.[2][3] The pronouncement led to widespread fears for the safety of both global Jewish communities, as well as the general public, resulting in numerous cancellations of public events, as well as increases in security and policing.[4][5][6] As a precaution, numerous schools, both public and Jewish, were closed for the day.[7][8]
At around 11:00CEST on 13 October 2023, the attack began in the school's car park.[9][10] According to witnesses the suspect was heard shouting "Allahu akbar" during the attack.[11] The attacker was confronted by a teacher and other members of staff including the headmaster before being detained by police.[9][12]
Police said that the suspected attacker, Mohammed Mogouchkov,[15] was a Russian man ofIngush origin[16] who was born in 2003 and had moved to France with his family in 2008.[9] Police had arrested him the previous day on suspicion of radicalism.[13] The suspect was known to the French security services for his involvement withradical Islamism; he was arrested by police.[17] The suspect was listed at a state list of potential dangerous persons and the domestic secret serviceDGSI is said to have, among other things, intercepted his telephone conversations.[18] The suspect is a former student of the school and his younger brother was also detained on the same day.[19] The prosecutor said that the attacker had pledged allegiance to theIslamic State and expressed his hatred for France.[20]
The funeral of Bernard was held in theArras cathedral with screens used to broadcast the hundred watching outside. Bernard was posthumously awarded theLegion of Honor by French PresidentEmmanuel Macron.[21]
Immediately after the attack France mobilized at least 7,000 soldiers to be stationed around the country for an increase in security.[22] Classes were canceled at the Gambetta-Carnot school where Bernard taught, and bomb threats were seen across the country, in airports, theLouvre Museum and thePalace of Versailles.[21] The school was subject to a bomb threat after Bernard's death but as it had only been open to allow pupils and staff to pay tribute to Bernard and other victims, the process of evacuation was quick.[23]
