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| French police sniper shoots two in error at Hollande speech | |
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| A French police sniper has accidentally shot and injured two people during a speech by President Hollande. | |
| Mr Hollande was inaugurating a new stretch of railway in the town of Villognon in western France when gunfire was heard. | |
| A waiter and a worker attending the event were slightly wounded, one in the ankle the other on the leg, according to local media. | |
| One local report said the safety catch was unlocked and the gun discharged. | |
| The shot interrupted the speech for a few moments, but reports say there was no panic. | |
| "I hope it's nothing serious. I think not," Mr Hollande said as he paused his address to ask whether anyone had been hurt. | |
| Officials say the lives of the injured - the head waiter of a local hotel and an employee of a railway maintenance company - are not in danger. | |
| A judicial investigation has been launched. | |
| The marksman is based with a special protection unit in nearby Poitiers, officials say. He was positioned on a roof some 100m (328ft) from the marquee where the inauguration ceremony was taking place. |