French school shooting: Teenager fires four shots, wounds two teachers
AUBAGNE: A 14-year-old boy opened fire with a hunting gun at a middle school in France on Monday, wounding the headmaster and a teacher before being disarmed by a member of staff, local authorities said.
On Monday, a 14-year-old boy brought a hunting gun to the Joseph-Lakanal middle school in Aubagne, a town near Marseille in southern France. He fired four shots, wounding the school's headmaster and a teacher before being stopped by a staff member. A third individual was grazed by the gunfire, but none of the incidents resulted in critical injuries.
The suspect entered the building carrying a guitar case which concealed a long gun. Police reported that there was no connection between this incident and the recent high school protests that have been occurring across France. The headmaster, aged 53, and the teacher, aged 37, were treated for their injuries and were not in a critical condition.
The suspect, who had no history of criminal activity or radicalization, fired at the headteacher and a second teacher before being disarmed. Sarah, a student at the school, recounted hearing the fire alarm during her Spanish class and witnessing the gunman during a corridor break. He claimed he had come only to shoot the teachers, not the students.
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez visited the scene and announced that the suspect's parents had been taken into custody. President Emmanuel Macron praised the teachers' quick response, while Education Minister Edouard Geffray called for action against such violence, emphasizing the need for societal solutions to address the growing social phenomenon.
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