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| Grasse shooting: Headmaster among several injured in attack at French school | |
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| Several people have been injured in a shooting a school in Grasse, southern France. | |
| Police have arrested one person on the scene at the Lycee Alexis de Tocqueville, where the headmaster was among those shot. | |
| The suspect is a 17-year-old student, who was armed with a rifle, a revolver, a pistol and grenades according to local newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré. | |
| Christian Estrosi, president of the regional council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, said the school principal was injured but gave no information on his condition. | |
| "I have just been talking with Francois Hollande," he added. "Several people have been injured but the exact circumstances remain unclear at this stage." | |
| A spokesperson for the local council in Grasse said the incident resulted from a personal dispute and was not believed to be terror-related. | |
| A police source told Reuters two students had been involved in the attack. | |
| “One of the two was arrested and the second fled,” the source said. "There was panic and the students took refuge in the (neighbouring) supermarket." | |
| The incident triggered a red alert on France's Vigipirate terror warning system, with all schools in Grasse put on lockdown as a precaution. | The incident triggered a red alert on France's Vigipirate terror warning system, with all schools in Grasse put on lockdown as a precaution. |
| A spokesperson for the French interior ministry said a "public security event" was underway at the school and asked people to follow the instructions of local authorities. | A spokesperson for the French interior ministry said a "public security event" was underway at the school and asked people to follow the instructions of local authorities. |
| The incident came shortly after an explosion at the International Monetary Fund's offices in Paris, where a suspected parcel bomb injured a woman. | The incident came shortly after an explosion at the International Monetary Fund's offices in Paris, where a suspected parcel bomb injured a woman. |