14-year-old arrested after shooting headmaster and teacher at French middle school

A 14-year-old was arrested after a France school shooting wounded a principal and teacher in Aubagne on 12 October 2026. Motive remains under investigation.

A 14-year-old boy opened fire with a hunting gun at a middle school in Aubagne, France, wounding the headmaster and a teacher before being disarmed. Read More: https://punchng.com/14-year-old-school-boy-shoots-headmaster-teacher-in-france/

A 14-year-old boy opened fire with a hunting gun at a middle school in France on Monday, wounding the headmaster and a teacher before being disarmed by a member of staff, local authorities said.

French officials say a 14-year-old boy opened fire with a hunting rifle at a middle school in the town of Aubagne.

French police detained a 14-year-old pupil after he opened fire at a middle school in Aubagne, wounding a principal and teacher with a shotgun.

AUBAGNE, France (AFP) -- A 14-year-old boy opened fire with a hunting rifle at a middle school in France on Monday, injuring the headmaster and a teacher before being disarmed by a member of staff, local authorities said. The shooting took place at Joseph-Lakanal middle school in the southern town of Aubagne, near Marseille, where a third person was grazed by gunfire, police said. Authorities said there did not appear to be a link with high school protests that have rocked France in recent weeks. "The middle school was not affected by the high school students' protest," police told AFP. The suspect "came in carrying a bag which was a guitar case. He clearly removed a weapon from this guitar case -- a long gun, a hunting rifle," said Marseille's deputy public prosecutor Audrey Jouaneton. He fired at least four shots, including inside a classroom occupied by teachers and pupils, leaving a mark on a blackboard, she added. The headmaster, 53, and teacher, 37, were not in critical condition, according to authorities. "The suspect, for reasons as yet unknown, fired at the headteacher, who was hit by a shower of pellets in the thighs and lower back," said Jacques Witkowski, prefect of the wider Bouches-du-Rhone region. He then fired at a second teacher, who was hit by buckshot in the thigh before a member of staff disarmed him, he said. The suspect "is not known for any history of delinquency or radicalisation," Witkowski added. Sarah, a pupil at the school, told AFP she heard the fire alarm go off during her Spanish lesson and went into the corridor, where she and her classmates "bumped into" the gunman. "He started shooting and said: 'I've only come for the teachers, not for the pupils,'" she said. An investigation into attempted murder has been opened. -'Prevent the worst'- French President Emmanuel Macron on X praised the teaching staff for their quick reaction. "I commend the composure and exemplary response of the teaching staff, which helped to prevent the worst from happening," he said. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez and Education Minister Edouard Geffray, arrived at the scene Monday afternoon. Geffray called for action against such violence. "This unacceptable act is yet further evidence of the rise of unchecked violence in our society, against which we must all take a stand," Geffray said on X. There has been a spate of violent incidents at French schools in recent months, prompting bag checks on entry in some establishments. In February, a 14-year-old stabbed an art teacher in southern France at least three times, leaving the 60-year-old in critical condition. A 14-year-old student in June last year fatally stabbed a teaching assistant in eastern France. In another, a student carried out a stabbing spree in several classrooms in April last year, wounding a girl and three other pupils.

French police detained a 14-year-old boy 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.

Officials say a staff member disarmed the suspect, who hid a hunting shotgun in a guitar case, before police arrived.

French police detained a 14-year-old boy 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.

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...

A 14-year-old student who reportedly brought a rifle hidden in a guitar case to school has injured a head teacher and a female staff member.

A 14-year-old student who reportedly brought a rifle hidden in a guitar case to school has injured a head teacher and a female staff member.

A supervisor at Joseph Lakanal College disarmed the 14-year-old before police arrived, Aubagne mayor Jean-Pierre Squillari told reporters.

French police have detained a 14-year-old suspected of shooting his middle school principal and a teacher

Police have detained a 14-year-old pupil suspected in a rare school shooting in France

A secondary school pupil in France has shot and wounded a headteacher and a female staff member with a hunting rifle at a school near Marseille.

A ninth-grade student has been arrested after allegedly shooting a principal and a teacher at a middle school in Southern France on Monday morning. The post Middle School Student Arrested as Principal and Teacher Shot in France appeared first on Breitbart.

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 France

French authorities arrested a 14-year-old suspect on Monday after a middle school headmaster and teacher were shot with a hunting rifle, police and prosecutors said.

A third person was grazed in the shooting in the southern town of Aubagne near Marseille and the lives of the principal and teacher were not in danger, police said.

The suspected perpetrator fired several shots inside the school, before staff subdued the teenager and law enforcement intervened.

A 14-year-old was detained after the middle-school principal and teacher were injured.

French authorities arrested a 14-year-old on Monday after a middle school (collège) headmaster and teacher were shot with a hunting rifle, police and prosecutors said.

Local police detained a 14-year-old student after a middle school principal and a teacher were both shot with a hunting rifle.

The suspected perpetrator fired several shots inside the school before staff subdued the teenager and law enforcement intervened.

The 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 school. The 53-year-old head teacher was shot in the right hip by a shotgun, and a 37-year-old teacher was shot in the thigh as a bullet ricocheted. A source said: ‘A 14-year-old teenager has been detained on suspicion of firing the shots. Emergency workers are at the scene. The injured principal and teacher have received medical attention, and their lives are not in danger.’ Édouard Geffray, France’s education minister, confirmed the attack on X, posting: ‘Two staff members from the National Education system, a principal and a teacher, were victims this morning of gunshot wounds at Lakanal middle school in Aubagne. ‘A student is said to be the perpetrator. I am heading to the scene immediately with the Interior Minister, Laurent Nunez.’ Sign up for all of the latest stories Start your day informed with Metro's News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News alerts the moment it happens. The Education Minister called the act ‘unacceptable’ (Picture: AFP) ‘In the face of this new attack, the National Education system will, as always, remain united and strong, around an educational community sorely tried. ‘But this unacceptable act bears witness once again to the spread of unbridled violence in our society, against which we must all mobilise. In words as in deeds.’ It follows at least two weeks of violence, which has also seen a 15-year-old schoolboy losing his left hand when a police grenade exploded during the youth riots. Protestors are fighting for at least £9 billion to be put into the education system to combat dilapidated classrooms and teacher shortages. A graphic video posted online last week showed the aftermath of the accident near the Béhale high school in Lens, in the north of the country. There have been almost 7000 arrests linked to the trouble as lycées – schools for 15 to 18-year-olds – as buildings are torched. Student unions have called for another national day of demonstrations on Tuesday, and it could be joined by other worker groups. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. For more stories like this, check our news page. Comment now Comments Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source

A 14-year-old boy allegedly shot his headmaster and a teacher in a shotgun rampage in southern France on Monday.

A 14-year-old boy allegedly shot his headmaster and a teacher in a shotgun rampage in southern France on Monday.

Two 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, adding that there did not seem to be any link to the student protests that have swept across the country in recent weeks. 

The pupil entered the school armed with a hunting rifle

Police have detained a 14-year-old pupil after a shooting at a school near Marseille.