14-Year-Old Schoolchild Injures Principal and Teacher With Hunting Gun
Police detained the suspect at the scene. He was a 14-year-old student at the same college
The incident occurred in the city of Auban in southeastern France. On October 12, a student opened fire with a hunting rifle in a college building. This is reported by “Izvestia” with reference to the channel BFMTV.
The attack injured two school staff: a 53-year-old principal was shot in the right thigh; a 37-year-old teacher was shot in the leg by a ricochet.
According to eyewitnesses, at least four shots were fired in the building. Firefighters and doctors arrived at the scene and provided first aid to the victims. The lives of the principal and the teacher are out of danger, no one was injured among the students.
Police detained the suspect at the scene. He was a 14-year-old student at the same college. The prosecutor's office of Marseille qualified the actions of the teenager as attempted murder and initiated an investigation.
At the college building, where the alarmed parents gathered, the mayor of Aubani Jean-Pierre Skillary, the prefect of the department and the rector of the academy, arrived. Law enforcement agencies stressed that the attack has nothing to do with the protests of lyceums, which are currently taking place in other regions of France.
Photo: Pixabay
