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France is staring into the abyss

The French school riots were inches away from turning fatal.

A 14-year-old pupil has been arrested after shooting a headteacher and a teacher at a school in southern France. On Monday, the suspect smuggled a hunting rifle inside a guitar case into the Joseph Lakanal school in Aubagne before opening fire. Mercifully, he was quickly subdued by a member of staff before he could shoot anyone else. The two injuries he inflicted were not life-threatening. The worst was avoided – but only narrowly. The investigation is now being handled by counter-terror police.

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