Principal of a college and a teacher injured by firearms in Aubagne: reactions from politicians

A 14-year-old teenager opened fire with a shotgun on Monday in his college in Aubagne, injuring the principal of the establishment and a teacher before being disarmed, a shooting which does not seem linked to the movement which is shaking French high schools. The attack occurred around 10 a.m. on the grounds of the Joseph-Lakanal college in the town located near Marseille. The victims' vital prognosis is not in jeopardy, the authorities assured.

Emmanuel Macron reacted to the shootings at Lakanal college in Aubagne on X: “I salute the composure and the exemplary reaction of the educational team, which helped avoid the worst.”

Earlier, the Minister of National Education, Édouard Geffray, denounced “an unacceptable act” after a principal of a college in Aubagne and a teacher were shot and injured Monday morning, testifying, according to him, “to the development of unbridled violence in our society”.

“Faced with this new attack, National Education will, as always, be united and strong, around a proven educational community,” he declared on X. “This unacceptable act once again testifies to the development of unbridled violence in our society, against which we must all mobilize. In words and in deeds.

Furthermore, apart from this case, the Ministry of Education counted “at least eight personnel” of National Education injured Monday morning as part of the high school movement.

“This act of incredible violence is part of a climate of violence and impunity that La France insoumise contributes to maintaining through its incessant speeches against our institutions, our authority figures and our law enforcement. All my support to the victims and to the entire educational community,” declared Buno Retailleau.

For Marine Le Pen, insecurity has returned to school.