French
police sniper shoots two in error at Hollande speech
28/2/2017-1910
A French police sniper has accidentally
shot and injured two people during a speech by President Hollande.
Mr Hollande was inaugurating a new stretch
of railway in the town of Villognon in western France when the shots were
heard.
A waiter and a worker attending the event
were slightly wounded, one in the ankle the other on the leg, according to
local media.
One local report said the safety catch was
unlocked and the gun discharged.
The shots interrupted the speech for a few
moments, but reports say there was no panic.
"I hope it's nothing serious. I think
not," Mr Hollande said.
Officials say the lives of the injured -
the head waiter of a local hotel and an employee of a railway maintenance
company - are not in danger.
A judicial investigation has been
launched.
The marksman is based with a special
protection unit in nearby Poitiers, officials say. He was positioned on a roof
some 100 metres (328ft) from the marquee where the inauguration ceremony was
taking place.
فیلم/ لحظه تیراندازی در هنگام سخنرانی «فرانسوا اولاند»
