14-Year-Old Student Opens Fire at School Near Marseille, Injures Principal and Teacher

A 14-year-old was arrested today in France after opening fire with a shotgun at the Joseph Lakanal school in the city of Aubagne, near Marseille, and slightly injured the school's principal and a teacher.

According to reports in the French media, the teenager arrived at the school armed with a 12-gauge shotgun and fired several times within the school grounds. Staff members successfully overpowered him and held him until police forces arrived, after which he was arrested and transferred for questioning.

The principal and the teacher were slightly injured and were treated by rescue crews, and their condition is not life-threatening. According to reports, no student was injured by the gunfire.

The police in the Bouches-du-Rhone district said at this stage the motive for the shooting is unknown, and investigators are trying to understand how the teenager obtained the shotgun and why he brought it to the school. Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu ordered Interior Minister Laurent Nunez and Education Minister Edouard Zafra to travel to Aubagne.

The shooting occurred against the backdrop of a wave of protests by students and university students in France, but the authorities emphasized that according to current information there is no indication of a connection between the shooting in Aubagne and the protest. According to the report, the school where the incident occurred was not part of the protests.