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| French school shooting: 2 reported injured, armed 17yo student detained in Grasse | |
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| At least two people have been injured in a shooting at a school in Grasse, southern France, police sources say, while the authorities confirm the incident is not terrorism-related. A 17 year old student, carrying a rifle, two handguns and two grenades has reportedly been arrested over the incident. | |
| "The individual does not seem to be known by police," a police source told Reuters. | |
| Another police source said that two students had opened fire on the headmaster. The second suspect is still on the run. | |
| “One of the two was arrested and the second fled. There was panic and the students took refuge in the [neighboring] supermarket,” the source said. | |
| A picture allegedly from the crime scene has emerged online. | A picture allegedly from the crime scene has emerged online. |
| The shooting is connected to an incident between two students, and is not terrorist-related, Grasse Town Hall said, as cited by Reuters. | |
| Following the first reports on the shooting, local emergency services urged residents via Twitter to stay indoors, while the French government launched a terrorist attack warning over the Grasse incident through a telephone application. | |
| It may be too early to say if the shooting is terrorism, a police source later told Reuters. |