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8 Injured in School Shooting in French Town of Grasse

 

A shooting at a high school in southeastern French town of Grasse has left at least eight people injured, police say.

The incident took place on Thursday when an intruder burst into the Tocqueville high school and opened fire, said a source close to the investigation.

A police source said one man had been arrested over the shooting and a second was on the run.

It was too early to say whether the shooting was a terrorist attack, the source added.

However, the French government issued nationwide alert following the incident while local emergency services advised residents to stay at home.

According to education authorities, all schools in the town have been locked down.

The shooting in Grasse comes as France remains in a state of emergency initially imposed in November 2015.

The emergency rule has already been extended several times because the French government believes the risk of terror attacks still remains high.

The state of emergency was adopted after terror attacks in and around Paris on November 15, 2015. The assaults, which were claimed by the terrorist Daesh group, left 130 People dead and 350 more injured.

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