The shooting occured in the town of Grasse at the Alexis de Tocqueville high school, reports suggest that two people were injured. An intruder burst into the Tocqueville high school and opened fire, one of the sources said. Reports on France’s BFM TV said the man was armed with several weapons and opened fire on the headteacher.
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Police tweeted to avoid areas around “Chemin de L’Orme” sector because of an ongoing police operation. Members of France’s elite commando police RAID unit were immediately dispatched to the school. There were unconfirmed reports from BFM TV that one person had been arrested while another, a possible accomplice, was “on the run”.
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All the schools around the Grasse area have locked their doors and the people inside the schools for safety purposes.