French teacher who claimed to be attacked by ISIS supporter made up story, prosecutors say
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Dec. 14, 2015: Police officers patrol near a preschool, after a masked assailant with a box-cutter and scissors who mentioned the Islamic State group attacked a teacher in the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers. (AP)
A teacher who claimed to have been attacked Monday by a man associated with the Islamic State terrorist group made up the story, the Paris prosecutor’s office revealed.
The attack reported by the teacher set off a manhunt in the northern Paris suburb of Aubervilliers.
Both the Paris prosecutor's office and the local prosecutor said the teacher was being questioned Monday afternoon.
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Philippe Galli, the top government official for the Seine-Saint-Denis region where the school is located, told reporters earlier that no children were present at the time, only the teacher and other staff members.
Citing a witness, AFP reported that the teacher apparently claimed his attacker said "This is Daesh. This is a warning." Daesh is the Arabic acronym for ISIS.
France remains under a state of emergency after the Nov. 13 attacks by extremists linked to ISIS that killed 130 people.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.