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Added on the 16/10/2023 15:59:23 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The mayor of Arras, northeastern France, and a few dozen people gather in the Place des Héros, in front of the town hall to observe a minute's silence after a teacher was stabbed to death and two other adults severely wounded at a school, with President Emmanuel Macron denoucing an act of "Islamist terror". IMAGES
prison staff observe a minute's silence outside Bordeaux-Gradignan prison, the day after two prison officers were killed in an attack on a prison van at a toll booth in Normandy. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at a school in the town of Arras, northeastern France, where a man stabbed a teacher to death and severely wounded two other adults. Prosectors are opening a probe into a suspected act of terror. The attack comes with France, which has large Jewish and Muslim populations, on high alert for security risks following the Hamas attack on Israel last weekend. IMAGES
French Education Minister Pap Ndiaye observes a minute's silence in a middle school in Albertville, southeast france, the day after the death of Agnès Lassalle, a Spanish teacher stabbed by a student in her class in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, in the southwest. IMAGES
Russians MPs observe a minute of silence during a session at the State Duma after the death of Vladimir Zhirinovsky. The firebrand Russian nationalist politician, a key figure in the country's post-Soviet history, is dead at the age of 75, according to the head of the lower house of parliament Vyacheslav Volodin. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.