One student has been killed and at least three people injured in stabbing at a school in western France.
The attack took place at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides high school in Doulon, near Nantes on Thursday, French police said.
A suspect, aged 15, was overpowered by teachers before police arrived, a police spokesperson told Reuters.
Images from the scene showed police and the military surrounding the school as the investigation got under way.
Emergency services were scrambled to the school, which was evacuated, following the reports of the attack.
Eye-witness accounts in local media described students running through the site, with some confined to classrooms after an alarm was sounded.
A police spokesperson said there was no indication of a terrorist motive.
Education Minister Elisabeth Borne said on X that she is heading to the school with Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau to show "solidarity with victims and the school community."
An official at the school, which is part of a complex housing a primary and middle school, would not comment on what happened, saying the school is concentrating on caring for the students who were on campus at the time.
