Prof killed, terrorism alert raised across France. The Louvre and Versailles also close

Terrorism alert in France, after the fatal attack on a professor in Arras.

For security reasons, the alert has been raised throughout the country, including Paris. Doors closed at the Louvre Museum, the most visited in the world, and at the Palace of Versailles.

«For security reasons, the Louvre museum closes its doors for today. People who have booked a visit for today will be refunded." we read in a statement released by the museum on

Meanwhile, 10 people remain in custody in connection with the attack which killed Dominique Bernard, a high school teacher. Among them, there is the twenty-year-old Chechen Mohammed Mogouchkov, who stabbed him to death, then wounding 3 other people.

According to witnesses, he carried out the attack shouting "Allah Akbar".

(Unioneonline/lf)