"allahu-akbar"

The assailant, who was shot and wounded by police, was identified as 21-year-old Brahim Aouissaoui, who arrived in Italy last month, then travelled to France, judicial sources said.

Visibly moved, the president said that "the entire nation" stood ready to defend teachers and that "obscurantism will not win".

"Police had arrived at the scene after receiving a call about a suspicious individual loitering near the school."