Politics · France · 7 hrs ago
Union calls for action after 14-year-old shoots school staff in Aubagne
A 14-year-old student used a hunting rifle to shoot the principal and a teacher at a school in Aubagne, in southern France.
Both staff members were wounded.
Maxime Reppert, a national vice-president of the SNALC teachers’ union, said the union had raised concerns about the problem for months and years.
He criticised what he described as a lack of political action, despite education and interior ministers visiting the school after the shooting.
Metal detectors at school entrances have been debated in France, but their use at all schools has not been adopted.
Reppert said detectors alone would not solve the problem and pointed to parental responsibility, staff authority, school supervision and young people’s mental health.
He did not set out a specific next step.
A 14-year-old student shot a school principal and a teacher with a hunting rifle at a middle school in Aubagne, France.
Both staff members were injured in the shooting on Monday morning, October 12, 2026.
Maxime Reppert, vice-president of the National Union of Secondary Schools (Snalc), called for action after the shooting.
Reppert said the union had raised the issue for months and years and criticised what he called a lack of political response.
He said detection gates were not the solution, pointing instead to parental responsibility, staff authority, supervision and young people’s mental health.
- Who
- A 14-year-old student shot the school principal and a teacher. Both were injured.
- What
- The student opened fire with a hunting rifle at his middle school.
- When
- Monday morning, October 12, 2026.
- Where
- A middle school in Aubagne, in Bouches-du-Rhône, France.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
A 14-year-old student opened fire with a hunting rifle at his school in Aubagne, injuring the principal and a teacher.
The ministers of National Education and the Interior visited the scene.
Maxime Reppert called for action and criticised the lack of a political response in an interview with franceinfo.
- Age of student
- 14
- Weapon
- Hunting rifle
- School location
- Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- Date of shooting
- October 12, 2026
- People injured
- The principal and a teacher
What people are saying
Qu'est-ce qui va changer demain ?
Nous avons un sentiment de colère car ça fait des mois et des années que nous interpellons sur ce problème
Il n'y a aucune réponse politique. Il faut arrêter avec la politique de l'excuse
Les portiques ne sont pas la solution
Sources
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