French police detain pupil, 14, suspected of shooting principal and teacher

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French police detained a 14-year-old suspected of shooting a school principal and a teacher at Joseph Lakanal Middle School in Aubagne. Both were wounded, and a staff member disarmed the pupil; prosecutors said the suspect used a hunting gun concealed in a guitar case.

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...