Aubagne College: the teenager suspected of having injured two people with a firearm acted out of a spirit of revenge
The 14-year-old teenager, enrolled in third grade at Lakanal college, injured two people Monday morning before being arrested. His parents were taken into custody.
Quick Look
- A 14-year-old teenager shot and injured the principal and a teacher at his college in Aubagne on Monday.
- He would have acted out of a spirit of revenge because of his difficult schooling.
- His parents were taken into custody.
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Why It Matters
A 14-year-old teenager opened fire Monday morning in his college in Aubagne, injuring two staff members.
According to the first elements of the investigation, the teenager suspected of having fired several times on Monday in his college in Aubagne, injuring two people including the principal of the establishment, acted out of a spirit of revenge, according to a source close to the case on Tuesday October 13 to franceinfo.
At this stage of the investigations, it appears that the 14-year-old teenager, suspected of being the author of the shots, did not have a specific target but he did not want to attack the students. The student had a bad time at school. He was disruptive and had already been summoned several times by Lakanal college where he is in third grade.
A meeting was also planned between the establishment and the teenager's father, again according to the same source, which specifies that the father is a former soldier and ex-sport shooter. At issue: the fact that the schoolboy had been seen in recent days putting trash cans in front of the school, in an attempt to block the establishment, on the sidelines of the high school mobilization.
The student's parents were taken into police custody
Monday morning, shortly after 9 a.m., the suspect fired "once or twice in the common areas of the first floor, injuring the principal and a teacher, present in the corridor", according to the Marseille prosecutor's office on Monday. Both were hit “in the lower limbs”. They were transported to hospital with no life-threatening conditions.
The suspect then went to the second floor and fired twice: "The first time in front of a teacher towards the ground and a second time inside an occupied classroom, the shot hitting the board." The two teachers and the students were not injured but were “strongly shocked”, detailed the prosecution.
According to a source close to the case at franceinfo, the student's parents were placed in police custody. Several weapons were seized from the family home, including hunting weapons.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Continuation of the investigation and hearing of the parents in police custody
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- How did the teenager obtain the weapons?
- What legal action will be reserved for parents?
