A 14-year-old student shot a headmaster and teacher at a French school
A 14-year-old student fired a hunting rifle at a high school in Aubagne, France, injuring the principal and a teacher. The boy concealed the weapon in a guitar case and shot staff members on the first floor. Police arrested the teen after the attack, and officials confirmed no children were hurt. The incident occurred independently of ongoing school protests.
- A 14-year-old student entered a high school in Aubagne, France, with a hunting rifle hidden in a guitar case and fired shots at staff, injuring the principal and a teacher.
- The student used a caliber 12 shotgun concealed in a guitar case to shoot the school principal and a teacher.
- The 14-year-old shot the principal and a teacher with a hunting rifle, allegedly firing four to five shots.
- The shooting occurred on the first floor of the school, injuring the principal and a teacher.
- A teaching staff member was also injured, and both the principal and a teacher sustained minor injuries.
- The Marseille prosecutor's office opened an investigation into attempted murder.
- Police arrested the 14-year-old suspect, who was subdued by the school's main education counselor before police arrived.
- Three people were injured in the attack, including the principal and a teacher, with no children harmed.
- The school was not involved in ongoing student protests, and police said the incident is unrelated to current demonstrations.
- The Ministry of Education reported eight injuries among educational staff and denounced the incident as unacceptable.
- The French President expressed solidarity with the injured.
- Eddy Sid told BFMTV there was no apparent link between the shooting and high-school protests.
- Both victims were hospitalized but neither suffered life-threatening injuries.
- The suspect was disarmed by a school supervisor before police arrived.
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