I just picked this up from the internet wires when I got in this evening.
Apparently, a French military show has gone horribly wrong as live rounds have been fired during a showpiece demonstration in place of blanks.
16 cilvilians are reportedly wounded, four of them critically, including a young child.
The incident occurred at a barracks in Aude near Carcassonne during a hostage-freeing demo scenario. The scenario had been acted out several times before hand and on the sixth run, apparently live rounds were in use.
The incident seems like a terrible mistake where live rounds have been accidentally issued to a soldier involved in the display. Police however are not discounting the possibily of ‘foul-play’ at this time.
Those injured are in hospital care in Toulouse.
Tags: accident, aude, Carcassonne, demonstration, france, french, shooting, shot., toulouse, wounded
Entries (RSS)