A knife-wielding man has today been arrested by French police after being seen outside a Jewish school and a kosher market where pupils buy their lunch.
Security guards at the Yavne school in Marseille spotted the man brandishing the weapon on Friday and alerted police, who tackled him to the ground as he tried to enter the nearby market.
The children were all kept inside the school while officers searched the area for explosives or any accomplices, and no one was injured, a Marseille police spokeswoman said.
One witness claimed the man was also armed with a tear gas canister.