A man who stabbed a teacher and a student at a horticultural school in the southern French town of Antibes has been arrested, police said on Wednesday.

"The attacker has been arrested; he is no longer a threat," a police spokesperson said.

Police said the attacker was a former student at the school but could give no immediate details on his motives.

Police shoot man who stabbed four in Marseille

Five people, including a hotel manager and the manager's son, were stabbed at a hotel in the southern French city of Marseille on September 2nd, and one was in critical condition, the city's prosecutor said.

The Tunisian attacker, who had two knives and a crowbar, died after being shot by police, prosecutor Nicolas Bessone and the police said.

This is a developing story.