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France school shooting: Teenage boy arrested after three people injured France school shooting: Teenage boy arrested
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Police have arrested a boy of 17 in the southern French town of Grasse after three people were hurt in a shooting at a school. A school shooting which left two students and a headteacher with wounds appears to have been a "crazy act" carried out by a teenager obsessed with firearms, France's education minister has said.
The boy, who is said to have been armed with three guns and two grenades, launched the attack at Tocqueville high school, where he was a student. The 17-year-old suspect opened fire at Tocqueville high school, in Grasse, at about 12:40 local time (11:40 GMT).
The school's headteacher and two pupils were injured, with five others reportedly treated for shock. More people were injured in the ensuing panic.
Anti-terrorist commandos from the elite Raid force were sent to the scene.Anti-terrorist commandos from the elite Raid force were sent to the scene.
Regional president Christian Estrosi said the "precise circumstances" around the shooting remained unclear, amid a number of conflicting reports. The suspect, who was reportedly armed with a rifle, two handguns and two hand grenades, was arrested "very quickly" after launching the attack.
However, he said there was no evidence to link it to terrorism. Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem told reporters on Thursday afternoon the suspect was "fragile".
French President Francois Hollande echoed his words in a press conference on Thursday afternoon, but added France should remain "vigilant" and stay under a state of emergency. "It was a crazy act by a youth who is unstable and fascinated by guns," she said, going on to praise the headmaster's actions during the attack as "heroic".
One student reported hearing four gunshots, while another student, speaking to Nice Matin (in French), described hearing three loud bangs before turning and seeing a shooter. A student had earlier told local newspaper Nice Matin how the headteacher, named by the newspaper as Herve Pizzinat, had remained "cool", continuing to try to calm the suspect down even after he had been shot in the arm.
It is still not clear how many people were behind the attack. Initially, local media said there was a second shooter who was on the run, but many outlets have now reported that there was only one. "He kept trying to bring him back to reason," the student said.
Interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told BFMTV: "We are still in the phase of rescue, of searching for a possible second perpetrator." One student reported hearing four gunshots, while others described the panic in the moments after the attack began.
Initial conflicting reports suggested there may have been a second shooter, but it appears this is not the case, although earlier on Thursday interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said they had not ruled it out entirely and were still "searching for a possible second perpetrator".
It is not thought the attack was linked to terrorism, but French President Francois Hollande said France should remain "vigilant" and stay under a state of emergency.
Grasse, the capital of France's perfume industry, is about 44km (27 miles) from the city of Nice, where a lorry attack in July killed 86 people.Grasse, the capital of France's perfume industry, is about 44km (27 miles) from the city of Nice, where a lorry attack in July killed 86 people.
France remains under a state of emergency after a string of deadly attacks in the past 18 months.France remains under a state of emergency after a string of deadly attacks in the past 18 months.
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