NEW : `` Schools in France are safe , '' Mayor Jean-Louis Fousseret says . NEW : ` The French government has announced that it will spend more than $900 million to improve security at schools across the country this year.' Six girls and their teacher were held hostage for two days in the suburbs of Paris in 1993 . Five children and their teacher were held at a nursery school Monday . Suspect was armed with two swords , French Ministry of Education says .
NEW : `` Schools in France are safe , '' Mayor Jean-Louis Fousseret says . NEW : ` The French government has announced that it will spend more than $900 million to improve security at schools across the country this year.' Five children and their teacher were held at a nursery school Monday . Suspect was armed with two swords , French Ministry of Education says .