Headmaster shot in southern France school and 14-year-old teen arrested, police say
Police said the 14-year-old suspect was subdued by staff after firing several shots, and the principal and teacher suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
- On Monday, police detained a 14-year-old pupil following a shooting at Lakanal middle school in Aubagne, France, that wounded a principal and a teacher.
- Investigators stated the motive remains unknown, though authorities indicated the incident appears unrelated to ongoing protests over school conditions currently affecting France.
- Education Minister Edouard Geffray wrote that "two staff members from the National Education system, a principal and a teacher, were victims this morning of gunshot wounds." Police confirmed 12-gauge shotgun ammunition was used.
- This rare shooting has prompted a significant police response in The Bouches-du-Rhône, as authorities continue investigating circumstances surrounding the student's arrest at the Lakanal facility.
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A 14-year-old student shot the principal and a teacher at a high school in Aubagne, France.
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French police detain student suspected of shooting the principal and a teacher at his school
French police have detained a 14-year-old suspected of shooting his middle school principal and a teacher. The incident happened Monday at Joseph Lakanal middle school in Aubagne, near Marseille. Authorities say the boy used a hunting gun hidden in a…
French police detain pupil, 14, suspected of shooting teachers
French police detained a 14-year-old suspected of opening fire Monday on his head teacher and a teacher with a hunting gun that he hid in a guitar case, wounding both in a rare school shooting, prosecutors said. A staff member at the Joseph Lakanal Middle School in Aubagne, east of Marseille, disarmed the boy after he fired multiple shots while roaming on two floors of the school, prosecutors said. Police then took him into custody. The educatio…
A 14-year-old opened fire on Monday morning at Joseph Lakanal College in Aubagne. The principal and a teacher were injured. No student was hit. In front of the school, parents and college students spoke of a morning of panic. "She called in panic." Like many parents of Joseph Lakanal College in Aubagne, Maryline [...] L'article Aubagne: "She called in panic"... a 14-year-old college student opened fire in her school first appeared on Causeur.
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