Breaking: Armed student arrested in France school shooting

 

Officials say an armed high school student was arrested after a shooting in a school in southern France that left at least two wounded.

 

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A French police official would not elaborate on what weapon or weapons the student was carrying. The official was not authorized to be publicly named.

 

The government minister for victims affairs tweeted that two people were wounded and all the students are now safe.

 

Police have cordoned off the area around a high school in southern France where police say a shooting has taken place.

 

Police reported an attack at the Alexis de Tocqueville high school in the town of Grasse. It came as France is under a state of emergency.