Aubagne secondary school: teenager shoots and wounds headmaster and teacher
A 14-year-old teenager shot and wounded the headmaster and a teacher at a secondary school in Aubagne, near Marseille. The youth, a pupil at the school, was apprehended.
Aubagne secondary school: teenager shoots and wounds headmaster and teacher
A 14-year-old teenager opened fire on Monday morning at a secondary school in Aubagne, near Marseille, wounding the headmaster and a teacher. The youth, a pupil at the school, fired with a shotgun inside the building before being overpowered by school staff, according to the Kleine Zeitung (https://www.kleinezeitung.at/artikel/41348492/schulleiter-und-lehrerin-in-frankreich-angeschossen).
The two main victims are not in life-threatening condition, according to concordant sources. A third person was slightly struck by a projectile. Police apprehended the boy.
The motivations for this act of violence had not been established at this stage. The prefecture clarified that the secondary school was not affected by the school protests that have been continuing for several weeks in France.
The Minister of National Education, Edouard Geffray, condemned an unacceptable act and pointed to the spread of unbridled violence in society. A psychological support hotline has been established.
Source: Kleine Zeitung