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The Islamic State supporters launched their attack in Marseille, a coastal city in southern France, prosecutors said.

It comes just days after ISIS jihadists carried out a series of atrocities in Paris, killing at least 129 people.

Police today closed in on those responsible for the attack, carrying out a huge operation in the suburb of Saint Denis.

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The attackers, one of them wearing an Islamic State t-shirt, stabbed their victim in the street after arriving on two scooters.

One of the thugs boasted a picture on his mobile of another French Islamist who killed seven people, prosecutor Brice Robin said.

The picture was of Mohamed Merah, 23, who was killed after attacking French soldiers and a Jewish school in 2012.

Mr Robin said: "The three people insulted, threatened and then stabbed their victim in the arm and leg."

"They were interrupted by the arrival of a car and fled," he added.

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The history and geography teacher reportedly received three knife wounds.

Early information suggests the life of the teacher in the latest attack is not in danger.

Cops have now been urged to use all means to catch the would-be killers by the UEJF – a Jewish students' group.

It is the second anti-semitic attack in a matter of weeks in Marseille after a recent knife attack on a rabbi.

Police today closed in on those responsible for Friday's Paris attack, carrying out a huge operation in the suburb of Saint Denis.

Shots were fired and two are believed to have been killed, while as many as seven other radicals were arrested.

The Islamist believed to have masterminded the attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was killed in the police siege according to officials.