A student at a high school in the western French city of Nantes on Thursday stabbed four classmates, killing at least one and injuring three. The attacker was subdued by teachers before being arrested by police. 

A student at a French high school stabbed four other students at his school Thursday, killing at least one and injuring three others before being arrested, police said.

The circumstances of the attack were not immediately clear.

A national police official said the attack occurred at the private Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides High School in Doulon, near Nantes on France’s Atlantic coast.

The student stabbed four people before teachers subdued him, and he was later taken in by police, the official said. The official was not authorized to be publicly named according to national police policy.

A police spokesperson said there was no indication of a terrorist motive.

Images from the scene showed police surrounding the school as the investigation got under way.

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.

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″.