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Teacher Attacked In Paris Classroom As A 'Warning' By Man Citing 'Islamic State'

Kathryn Snowdon— The Huffington Post UK

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A French nursery school teacher has been attacked in a Paris classroom by a man citing Islamic State, according to police.

The 45-year-old primary school teacher was reportedly stabbed by a man wielding a box cutter and scissors at about 7am in Aubervillers, north of Paris.

He was stabbed in the side and throat while preparing for his class at the Jean Perrin d'Aubervilliers school, AFP reports.

Update: The teacher has since admitted he invented the attack, read more here.

Armed police patrol the area around the Jean-Perrin nursery school in Aubervilliers

The attacker, who is still on the run, was dressed in painter's overalls and a balaclava.

It is believed that he arrived without a weapon but grabbed what was to hand in the classroom.

According to local prosecutors the man shouted: "This is Daesh. This is a warning." Daesh is another name for IS.

The assault comes after ISIS reportedly urged its followers to kill teachers in the French education system for teaching secularism and being "in open war against the Muslim family".

A police car is seen outside Jean-Perrin nursery school

The teacher's life is not believed to be in danger. He has been taken to hospital.

France's education minister and a local government prefect visited the school in Aubervilliers following this morning's attack.

Classes at the school were cancelled.

Prefect Philippe Galli told reporters it was too early to draw conclusions about the character of the attack, noting that the assailant, wearing a balaclava, had apparently found his weapons at the school premises, reports The World Post.

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The attack comes just one month after the terrorist attacks on the French capital, which claimed the lives of 130 people and left more than 300 injured.

Paris is still on high alert in the wake of the shootings and suicide bombings, which targeted the Bataclan concert hall, a football stadium and restaurants across the capital on Friday, November 13.

France Teacher Attack

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A municipal employee directs the trafic near a pre-school, after a masked assailant with a box-cutter and scissors who mentioned the Islamic State group attacked a teacher, Monday, Dec.14, 2015 in Paris suburb Aubervilliers. The assailant remains at large, and the motive for the attack is unclear, authorities said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Police officers control the area near a pre-school after a masked assailant with a box-cutter and scissors who mentioned the Islamic State group attacked a teacher, Monday, Dec.14, 2015 in Paris suburb Aubervilliers. The assailant remains at large, and the motive for the attack is unclear, authorities said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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People gather near a pre-school in Paris suburb Aubervilliers, after a masked assailant with a box-cutter and scissors who mentioned the Islamic State group attacked a teacher, Monday, Dec.14, 2015. The assailant remains at large, and the motive for the attack in the town of Aubervilliers is unclear, authorities said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Police officers patrol near a Paris suburb Aubervilliers pre-school, after a masked assailant with a box-cutter and scissors who mentioned the Islamic State group attacked a teacher, Monday, Dec.14, 2015. The assailant remains at large, and the motive for the attack in the town of Aubervilliers is unclear, authorities said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Police officers control the area near a pre-school after a masked assailant with a box-cutter and scissors who mentioned the Islamic State group attacked a teacher, Monday, Dec.14, 2015 in Paris suburb Aubervilliers. The assailant remains at large, and the motive for the attack is unclear, authorities said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Police officers patrol near a pre-school, after a masked assailant with a box-cutter and scissors who mentioned the Islamic State group attacked a teacher, Monday, Dec.14, 2015 in Paris suburb Aubervilliers. The assailant remains at large, and the motive for the attack in the town of Aubervilliers is unclear, authorities said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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A man pulls a stroller near a pre-school after a masked assailant with a box-cutter and scissors who mentioned the Islamic State group attacked a teacher, Monday, Dec.14, 2015 in Paris suburb Aubervilliers. The assailant remains at large, and the motive for the attack in the town of Aubervilliers is unclear, authorities said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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People gather near a pre-school in Paris suburb Aubervilliers, after a masked assailant with a box-cutter and scissors who mentioned the Islamic State group attacked a teacher, Monday, Dec.14, 2015. The assailant remains at large, and the motive for the attack in the town of Aubervilliers is unclear, authorities said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Police officers control the area near a pre-school, after a masked assailant with a box-cutter and scissors who mentioned the Islamic State group attacked a teacher, Monday, Dec.14, 2015 in Paris suburb Aubervilliers. The assailant remains at large, and the motive for the attack is unclear, authorities said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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French Socialist MP Elisabeth Guigou greets a police officer outside Jean-Perrin nursery school in Aubervilliers, a suburb northeast of Paris, where a teacher was attacked in the morning by a man wielding a box cutter and scissors who cited the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, sources in the police and prosecutor's office said.The 45-year-old teacher was stabbed in the side and throat while preparing for his class at the school, but his life was not in danger, a police source said. The assault comes after the Islamic State in November urged its followers to kill teachers in the French education system for teaching secularism and being 'in open war against the Muslim family'. / AFP / JACQUES DEMARTHON (Photo credit should read JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACQUES DEMARTHON via Getty Images)

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French Socialist MP Elisabeth Guigou answers journalists' questions outside Jean-Perrin nursery school in Aubervilliers, a suburb northeast of Paris, where a teacher was attacked in the morning by a man wielding a box cutter and scissors who cited the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, sources in the police and prosecutor's office said.The 45-year-old teacher was stabbed in the side and throat while preparing for his class at the school, but his life was not in danger, a police source said. The assault comes after the Islamic State in November urged its followers to kill teachers in the French education system for teaching secularism and being 'in open war against the Muslim family'. / AFP / JACQUES DEMARTHON (Photo credit should read JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACQUES DEMARTHON via Getty Images)

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A forensic expert and a police car are seen outside Jean-Perrin nursery school on December 14, 2015, in Aubervilliers, a suburb northeast of Paris, where a teacher was attacked in the morning by a man wielding a box cutter and scissors who cited the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, sources in the police and prosecutor's office said.The 45-year-old teacher was stabbed in the side and throat while preparing for his class at the school, but his life was not in danger, a police source said. The assault comes after the Islamic State in November urged its followers to kill teachers in the French education system for teaching secularism and being 'in open war against the Muslim family'. / AFP / JACQUES DEMARTHON (Photo credit should read JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACQUES DEMARTHON via Getty Images)

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A forensic expert and a police car are seen outside Jean-Perrin nursery school on December 14, 2015, in Aubervilliers, a suburb northeast of Paris, where a teacher was attacked in the morning by a man wielding a box cutter and scissors who cited the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, sources in the police and prosecutor's office said.The 45-year-old teacher was stabbed in the side and throat while preparing for his class at the school, but his life was not in danger, a police source said. The assault comes after the Islamic State in November urged its followers to kill teachers in the French education system for teaching secularism and being 'in open war against the Muslim family'. / AFP / JACQUES DEMARTHON (Photo credit should read JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACQUES DEMARTHON via Getty Images)

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A police officer walks in front of the building of Jean-Perrin nursery school in Aubervilliers, a suburb northeast of Paris, where a teacher was attacked in the morning by a man wielding a box cutter and scissors who cited the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, sources in the police and prosecutor's office said.The 45-year-old teacher was stabbed in the side and throat while preparing for his class at the school, but his life was not in danger, a police source said. The assault comes after the Islamic State in November urged its followers to kill teachers in the French education system for teaching secularism and being 'in open war against the Muslim family'. / AFP / JACQUES DEMARTHON (Photo credit should read JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACQUES DEMARTHON via Getty Images)

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Aubervilliers' mayor Pascal Beaudet answers journalists' questions outside Jean-Perrin nursery school on December 14, 2015, in Aubervilliers, a suburb northeast of Paris, where a teacher was attacked in the morning by a man wielding a box cutter and scissors who cited the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, sources in the police and prosecutor's office said.The 45-year-old teacher was stabbed in the side and throat while preparing for his class at the school, but his life was not in danger, a police source said. The assault comes after the Islamic State in November urged its followers to kill teachers in the French education system for teaching secularism and being 'in open war against the Muslim family'. / AFP / JACQUES DEMARTHON (Photo credit should read JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACQUES DEMARTHON via Getty Images)

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A general view taken on December 14, 2015 shows Jean-Perrin nursery school in Aubervilliers, a suburb northeast of Paris, where a teacher was attacked in the morning by a man wielding a box cutter and scissors who cited the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, sources in the police and prosecutor's office said.The 45-year-old teacher was stabbed in the side and throat while preparing for his class at the school, but his life was not in danger, a police source said. The assault comes after the Islamic State in November urged its followers to kill teachers in the French education system for teaching secularism and being 'in open war against the Muslim family'. / AFP / JACQUES DEMARTHON (Photo credit should read JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACQUES DEMARTHON via Getty Images)

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