About 20 children , aged 4 to 6 , were in a classroom when the incident began ; five children and their teacher were held until the incident was resolved , Besancon police said . TO : ` ` Schools in France are safe , '' Mayor Jean - Louis Martin says . NEW : ` ` There is no specific danger in Besancon , '' he says . Five children and their parents were attacked at a nursery school there . Suspect was armed with two swords , the Ministry of Education says .
TO : ` ` Schools in France are safe , '' Mayor Jean - Louis Martin says . NEW : ` ` There is no specific danger in Besancon , '' he says . Five children and their parents were attacked at a nursery school there . Suspect was armed with two swords , the Ministry of Education says .