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| Paris nursery school shooting: Man kills himself | |
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| A man in his 60s has shot himself in front of a dozen children in a corridor of a nursery school in Paris, French officials say. | |
| He is said to have entered the school in the 7th arrondissement close to the Eiffel Tower with a sawn-off shotgun. | |
| The man then turned the weapon on himself and pulled the trigger in front of the children and an adult, Le Parisien newspaper reports. | The man then turned the weapon on himself and pulled the trigger in front of the children and an adult, Le Parisien newspaper reports. |
| Police have opened an investigation into the incident. | |
| The incident took place shortly before noon on Thursday as children were leaving the school premises for the lunch break, two police officials told AP news agency. | |
| A dozen children witnessed the shooting, the office of Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe said in a statement. | |
| Authorities are establishing a psychological trauma unit to provide support to children and school staff, local media report. | |
| Witnesses told local media the man entered the school "without difficulty". | Witnesses told local media the man entered the school "without difficulty". |
| The nursery is said to be a private Catholic school located in the rue Cler close to the Eiffel Tower. |