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French School Shooting in Grasse Leaves Several Hurt

Published: 18 Mar 2017 - 09:20 am | Last Updated: 10 Nov 2021 - 07:22 am
People gather near the Tocqueville high school in the southern French town of Grasse, on March 16, 2017 following a shooting that left eight people injured. AFP / Valery HACHE

People gather near the Tocqueville high school in the southern French town of Grasse, on March 16, 2017 following a shooting that left eight people injured. AFP / Valery HACHE

QNA

Paris: Several people have been injured in a shooting a school in Grasse, southern France on Thursday.

Police have arrested one person on the scene at the Lycee Alexis de Tocqueville, where the headmaster was among those shot.

The suspect is a 17-year-old student, who was armed with a rifle, a revolver, a pistol and grenades according to local newspaper Le Dauphine Libere.