PARIS: One student was arrested and another suspect is on the run after a shooting on Thursday at a high school in southern France in which the head teacher was targeted, police and local officials said.
According to a statement from the local town hall in Grasse, "two students fired on the head teacher" with one of them arrested afterwards, and another on the run.
A police source, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said that at least two people had been injured and that an armed pupil had been arrested.
The shooting happened at the Alexis de Tocqueville School, which is a military establishment, reported Metro, citing French TV reports.