French police detain pupil, 14, suspected of shooting principal and teacher
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A member of staff at the school, near Marseille, is said to have disarmed the boy. Prosecutors said he hid the weapon in a guitar case
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Associated Press Published: 10:46pm, 12 Oct 2026
French police detained a 14-year-old suspected of opening fire Monday on his head teacher and a teacher with a hunting gun 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.
The education minister said the drama highlights the rise of “unbridled violence” in society.
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