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Student 'fascinated by firearms' wounds four in French school shooting
LBN thread: French school shooting: Two injured in Grasse attack
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Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Thu Mar 16, 2017 | 3:22pm EDT
Student 'fascinated by firearms' wounds four in French school shooting
By Matthias Gallante and Emmanuel Jarry | GRASSE, FRANCE
A teenager opened fire at his high school in southeastern France on Thursday, wounding up to four people, in an attack apparently inspired by videos of U.S. mass shootings such as Columbine, officials said.
The incident in Grasse, which does not appear to be linked to militancy, comes with France on high alert after more than 230 people were killed in the past two years by attackers allied to Islamic State.
"It was total panic," Achraf, a student in the school, said on BFM TV. "The gunshots were at 4 to 5 meters from where we were. We thought the gunman was coming toward us. We heard him shouting."
France's Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem visited the scene in Grasse, a town known for its perfume industry, and said the attack appeared to be "a crazy act by a fragile young man fascinated by firearms".
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Student 'fascinated by firearms' wounds four in French school shooting
By Matthias Gallante and Emmanuel Jarry | GRASSE, FRANCE
A teenager opened fire at his high school in southeastern France on Thursday, wounding up to four people, in an attack apparently inspired by videos of U.S. mass shootings such as Columbine, officials said.
The incident in Grasse, which does not appear to be linked to militancy, comes with France on high alert after more than 230 people were killed in the past two years by attackers allied to Islamic State.
"It was total panic," Achraf, a student in the school, said on BFM TV. "The gunshots were at 4 to 5 meters from where we were. We thought the gunman was coming toward us. We heard him shouting."
France's Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem visited the scene in Grasse, a town known for its perfume industry, and said the attack appeared to be "a crazy act by a fragile young man fascinated by firearms".
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-shooting-idUSKBN16N1LI
