The teacher was brought to hospital by the police to be treated but was quickly released as the wounds were not life-threatening. The victim was alone in the classroom, but other staff members were in the building.
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It “was a fake attempt, done so that [the teacher] could have himself transferred” to another job, an official said.
The 45-year-old, who has not yet been identified, is said to have tried to spread hatred against Muslims by fabricating the stabbing.
The attacker shouted: “It’s Daesh [Islamic State]”.
Earlier, the male teacher told authorities that a masked man had stabbed him in the throat and abdomen while shouting that the attack “was for Daesh”, according to the French newspaper Le Parisien.
The anti-terrorism branch of the Paris prosecutor’s office also opened an investigation for attempted murder in relation to a terrorist act.
The teacher is being questioned about why he made up the incident.
“We are hitting them harder than ever”, said Mr Obama in his second appearance since the San Bernardino attack. The Daily Mail also reported of the increased security in schools since January where parents can drop off their children but cannot stay outside the school’s premises. Islamic State, the jihadist terror group in control of large regions of Syria and Iraq, is now the target of air strikes led by a USA coalition that includes France.
Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem rushed to the site and pledged that the government would continue to strengthen security measures in schools.
Two of the suspects were determined to be connected to January’s Hyper Cacher kosher grocery attack while one was found to be connected to the November 13 Paris terror attacks.
Concerned locals crowd outside the pre-school, shocked by the new of the attack.
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Dar-al-Islam, the French-language magazine produced by ISIS, in November called for supporters to kill teachers in France, labeling the educators “enemies of Allah”, according to AFP.
