2023 Arras school stabbing
| Arras school stabbing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lycée Gambetta-Carnot, Arras, Hauts-de-France, France |
| Coordinates | 50°17′16″N 2°46′34″E / 50.2878°N 2.7761°E |
| Date | 13 October 2023 |
| Target | School staff |
Attack type | Mass stabbing |
| Weapon | Knife |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrator | Mohammed Mogouchkov |
| Motive | Islamic extremism |
The Arras school stabbing was a terrorist attack carried out by an Islamist of Ingush origin on 13 October 2023 within the Gambetta-Carnot school in Arras, the capital of the Pas-de-Calais, in the region Hauts-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 the Islamic 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 the murder of Samuel Paty: three years ago, this history and geography teacher had been killed and subsequently decapitated with a knife by another young adult of Nakh origin.