French authorities have arrested a 14-year-old suspect after a shooting at a middle school in Aubagne, near Marseille, left a headmaster, a teacher and another person injured. Police and prosecutors said on Monday that the headmaster and teacher were shot with a hunting rifle but were not in critical condition.…...
French authorities have arrested a 14-year-old suspect after a shooting at a middle school in Aubagne, near Marseille, left a headmaster, a teacher and another person injured.
Police and prosecutors said on Monday that the headmaster and teacher were shot with a hunting rifle but were not in critical condition. A third person sustained a graze wound during the incident.
France 3 television reported that the suspect fired several shots inside the school before staff members subdued the teenager and law enforcement officers intervened.
Education Minister Edouard Geffray said on X that a pupil at Joseph-Lakanal school was suspected of carrying out the shooting.
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“This unacceptable act is yet further evidence of the rise of unchecked violence in our society, against which we must all take a stand,” Geffray said on X.
The Marseille prosecutor’s office confirmed an arrest, but did not give further details.
The prime minister’s office said the interior and education ministers were heading to the scene.
Authorities said there did not appear to be a link with high school protests that have rocked France in recent weeks.
“The middle school was not affected by the high school students’ protest,” police told AFP.
AFP