French shooting show injures 17
A military show in south-eastern France has left 17 people wounded, after real bullets were used instead of blanks. The injured included five children. Four people, including one child, were said to have been seriously hurt - though three have now stabilised. The incident occurred during a public demonstration of hostage-freeing techniques at a barracks in Aude. The soldier who fired the shots has been detained - though an official said it was probably an accident. It is not clear why the wrong ammunition was used in Sunday's demonstration. But it was "99.9%" likely to be "an unintentional fault," Colonel Benoit Royal, head of the French army's information service, told the AFP news agency on Monday. snip http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7480483.stm
A military show in south-eastern France has left 17 people wounded, after real bullets were used instead of blanks. The injured included five children. Four people, including one child, were said to have been seriously hurt - though three have now stabilised. The incident occurred during a public demonstration of hostage-freeing techniques at a barracks in Aude. The soldier who fired the shots has been detained - though an official said it was probably an accident. It is not clear why the wrong ammunition was used in Sunday's demonstration. But it was "99.9%" likely to be "an unintentional fault," Colonel Benoit Royal, head of the French army's information service, told the AFP news agency on Monday. snip http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7480483.stm