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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On Wednesday, the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office clarified the teenager who fired the shotgun on Monday in his college in Aubagne (Bouches-du-Rhône), near Marseille. The boy was charged and his secure detention was required.
For the first time in France, a college student opened fire in his school in Aubagne, injuring two staff members. While parents, students and teachers are still sidelined, elected and ministers accumulate the political shortcuts. The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office has seized the case.
A Monday morning ends at the Collège Lakanal in absolute chaos. A 14-year-old enters the building heavily armed and targets the staff in a targeted manner.
Aubagne. A 14-year-old student injured yesterday the director and a teacher at the Joseph-Lakanal Institute in Aubagne, near Marseille, in southeastern France, after shooting them with a hunting shotgun that he hid in a guitar case.
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