One high school student was killed and three were injured in a school stabbing in Nantes, in western France, on Wednesday, police said.A police spokesperson said there was no indication of a terrorist motive.

A high school student has been killed and three others injured in a school stabbing attack in western France, police have said. The alleged culprit, a 15-year-old student, was tackled by teachers and overpowered after the attack at around 12:30pm at the Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school near the town hall of Doulon, in Nantes.

In a horrific incident in Nantes, a 15-year-old student fatally stabbed a fellow student and injured three others at a high school. The attacker was subdued by teachers, and reports suggest no terrorist motive.