French teacher attacked by man claiming IS link

An armed French policeman stands in front of the nursery school where a hooded man claiming to be acting for Islamic State attacked a teacher with a knife in Aubervilliers, near Paris, France, December 14, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]

PARIS - A hooded man claiming to be acting for Islamic State attacked a nursery school teacher with a knife-like weapon as he prepared for classes in a school north of Paris, French officials said on Monday.

The male teacher was taken to hospital after the attack, said the official, adding that anti-terrorism officials were investigating.

According to one judiciary official, the assailant said the act was a signal from the Islamic State group, also referred to in France by the name Daesh.

"This is Daesh, it's a warning," the attacker told his victim, the official said, adding the victim's life was apparently not in danger.

The incident came a month after gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people in Paris in an attack claimed by Islamic State, the militant Islamist group which controls swathes of Syria and Iraq and has vowed to attack France, a member of the coalition of countries conducting air strikes against it.

It also came days after a knifing in London's underground urban rail network which police are treating as a terrorist attack.