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French police detain student suspected of shooting the principal and a teacher at his school

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Monday, October 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM · 1 min read
French police detain student suspected of shooting the principal and a teacher at his school — WPLG Local 10, Naples Health news
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AUBAGNE, France (AP) — French police detained a 14-year-old suspected of opening fire Monday on his middle school principal and a teacher with a shotgun that he hid in a guitar case, wounding both in a rare school shooting, prosecutors said.A staff member at the Joseph Lakanal middle school in Aubagne, east of Marseille, disarmed the boy after he fired multiple shots while roaming on two floors of the school, prosecutors said. Police then took him into custody. Aubagne is about 15 kilometers (9 miles) east of the Mediterranean port city of Marseille.Gun violence perpetrated by pupils in schools is rare in France.Marseille prosecutor Nicolas Bessone said in a statement that the pupil fired once or twice on the first floor, wounding the principal and the teacher in the legs. They were hit with pellets used in 12-gauge shotguns, according to Marseille deputy prosecutor Audrey Jouaneton and police. They were transported to a hospital with injuries that weren’t life threatening.The boy's mo

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