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French teen charged in school shooting cites revenge for bullying

The teenager used buckshot in the attack in the southern town of Aubagne, near Marseille
French municipal police officers patrol outside the Joseph-Lakanal middle school after a headmaster was shot and wounded with a hunting rifle and a teenager was arrested in Aubagne, southern France on October 12, 2026. © Miguel Medina, AFP

Anti-terrorism prosecutors said a 14-year-old involved in a shooting that wounded teaching staff at a school in the south of France earlier this week was acting out of revenge for bullying. The teenager was charged with attempted murder and remanded in custody Wednesday.

A 14-year-old charged with attempted murder in France after wounding a principal and a teacher in a school shooting this week said he acted out of revenge for bullying, prosecutors have said.

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