French police free nursery school hostages from sword-brandishing teen

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor

Besancon, France (AHN) – An elite French police force ended a dramatic situation on Monday after a teen held a nursery school hostage with a sword.

Police arrested the 17-year-old boy after the last remaining toddlers and their teacher were freed.

The tense ordeal occurred in the eastern city of Besancon. Initially the teen took 20 children hostage but released most of the youngsters over the course of the morning. He kept five children and their teacher for several hours.

The one-story education facility was located in the middle of a public housing estate.

Education Minister Luc Chatel travelled to the scene and told local media the young man did not threaten the children and had allowed them to go to the bathroom when they needed to.

The teen’s motives remain unclear. Authorities say he had been previously treated for depression but had not taken his medication in recent days.

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