A 14-year-old student is arrested after a shooting at Joseph-Lakanal middle school in Aubagne, near Marseille, in southern France. Police and prosecutors say the headmaster and a teacher were shot with a hunting rifle. Outlets report that two other people were also affected: one source says a third person was grazed, while others focus on injuries to the two staff members.
Authorities say the incident happened on Monday morning and that emergency services attended. Police state the principal and teacher are not in danger, and several reports say staff subdued the teenager and that law enforcement then took over. France’s education minister confirms the attack involved National Education staff members and says the attacker is believed to be the student.
Some coverage places the attack in the wider context of ongoing protests and unrest in France related to the education system, including reported prior incidents and large numbers of arrests tied to demonstrations. Other outlets focus more narrowly on the arrest and the injuries, without adding extensive detail about the broader unrest.
