The attacker was apprehended by a teacher, and the school has been evacuated. Authorities are providing psychological assistance to students and teachers.

The incident occurred at a high school in the French city of Nantes, around 12:30 pm on Thursday. The alleged perpetrator, a student, was subdued by the school's teaching staff, according to Agence France-Presse.

At least one teenager is dead after a lunchtime knife attack injured three others at a private school in Nantes, France. Panic erupted when word of a ‘student who was armed with a knife’ spread through Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides high school in western France early this afternoon.