1,500 students were immediately confined inside the high school. A large police force is on the way to the school to help with the situation.
The school has been evacuated and the situation is under control. The incident is being investigated by the French police and the French Ministry of Education. It is not known if the incident is linked to the terror attack in Paris on March 26. The attack took place in front of a large crowd of students at a school in the town of Castelnaudary.