Boy, 14, arrested after shooting headmaster and teacher in France

Summarised from 6 outlets · Updated 12 Oct, 12:01 · Archive

A 14-year-old student shot a headmaster and teacher at a middle school in Aubagne, southern France, on Monday morning.

A 14-year-old student shot the headmaster and a teacher at Joseph-Lakanal middle school in Aubagne, near Marseille, in southern France on Monday morning. The headmaster, aged 53, was hit in the lower body. A 37-year-old teacher was also shot, with one account saying he was hit in the thigh by a ricochet. Both men have been treated for injuries that are not life-threatening. According to a police source quoted by Le Figaro, the shooter fired four or five times.

The student was detained immediately after the incident. Aubagne Mayor Jean-Pierre Squillari said the ninth-grade pupil was restrained by a member of staff before police arrived. All students at the school were confined and made safe within seconds, Squillari added.

Reports differ on the type of weapon used. The Daily Mail and Independent World describe it as a 12-gauge shotgun. France 24 and BBC News report it was a hunting rifle. Metro refers to a shotgun. The Mirror mentions both descriptions across different outlets' reporting.

Education Minister Édouard Geffray confirmed the attack on social media, stating that two staff members were victims of gunshot wounds and that a student was said to be the perpetrator. He said he would visit the scene immediately with Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez and Minister Delegate Sabrina Roubache. Geffray described the act as unacceptable and spoke of 'the spread of unbridled violence in our society'.

BBC News and Le Parisien reported, citing sources familiar with the investigation, that the incident was not thought to be related to ongoing protests over school conditions. The Mirror mentions that a third person may have sustained minor injuries, though this is not confirmed by other outlets. An investigation has been opened for attempted murder, with the Marseille public prosecutor travelling to the scene.

How it is being reported

• France school shooting horror as boy, 14, 'targeted Aubagne headmaster and teacher with shotgun'The horror unfolded this morning as a 14-year-old student entered the Joseph-Lakanal middle school in Aubagne, a municipality near Marseille in southern FranceThe Mirror · 12 Oct, 11:47
• Pupil arrested after two teachers shot at French schoolA 14-year-old was detained after the middle-school principal and teacher were injured.BBC News · 12 Oct, 11:05
• Teenage pupil ‘shoots two teachers with a shotgun’ during violent France protestsThe attack happened this morning near Marseille (Picture: AFP) Two teachers were shot by a 14-year-old school student in the south of France today as protests against the country’s education system continue. The attack happened this morning in Aubagne, close to Marseille , at Joseph-Lakanal middle…Metro · 12 Oct, 11:00
• French police arrest 14-year-old after two teaching staff wounded by hunting rifle fireTwo teaching staff were shot and wounded at a school in Aubagne near Marseille Monday morning, French Education Minister Édouard Geffray said. A police source said that a 14-year-old boy had been arrested in connection to the incident.France 24 · 12 Oct, 10:43
• France school shooting: Pupil, 14, arrested after two teachers injured by shotgun fireThe shooting comes amid nationwide student demonstrationsIndependent World · 12 Oct, 10:38
• Boy, 14, 'shoots headmaster and teacher in school shotgun rampage' in FranceA 14-year-old boy allegedly shot his headmaster and a teacher in a shotgun rampage in southern France on Monday.Daily Mail · 12 Oct, 10:23

In this story: Joseph-Lakanal middle school · Aubagne · Marseille · France · Édouard Geffray · Laurent Nuñez

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