Aubagne: second minor detained in college shooting inquiry

A second minor was placed in police custody on Wednesday in the investigation into the shootings at Lakanal secondary school in Aubagne, where a headmaster and a teacher were wounded.

Aubagne: second minor detained in college shooting inquiry

Aubagne: new suspect in college shooting inquiry

Counter-terrorism investigating magistrates ordered on Wednesday 14 October the police custody of a second minor in the investigation into the shootings at Lakanal secondary school in Aubagne, according to a judicial source cited by TF1/LCI and confirmed by Franceinfo. No details have been disclosed concerning this new suspect.

The investigation, covered by secrecy, is continuing. The judicial source indicated that no further information can be confirmed or denied at this stage in order to preserve the progress of the inquiry. Additional details will be communicated at the end of the police custody period.

A 14-year-old secondary school pupil, initially arrested, has already been committed for trial and remanded in custody for shooting and wounding the headmaster and a teacher on Monday 12 October. He acknowledged the factuality of the facts and admitted having been influenced by a movement fascinated by mass shootings. The national counter-terrorism prosecutor's office has taken up the case.

Source: BFM TV

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