Second teenager charged after the Aubagne school shooting in France

A 13-year-old from northern France was charged on Friday with complicity in attempted murder linked to a terrorist enterprise, France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said. He was placed under judicial supervision in a closed educational centre.

Aubagne

Bouches-du-Rhône, France

On Oct 12, a 14-year-old opened fire at the Lakanal middle school in Aubagne, wounding the principal and a teacher, before a staff member disarmed him. He has been charged and jailed pending trial.

The online movement prosecutors cite

True Crime Community

Prosecutors link the attack to the True Crime Community, an online movement born in North America that is fascinated by mass killings. It is the first time French justice has made such a link.

“It is a phenomenon that is growing in France,” said Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, adding that a few dozen young people linked to the movement are being watched by security services.

— Laurent Nuñez, French interior minister

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Second teenager charged after the Aubagne school shooting in France

On Oct 12, a 14-year-old opened fire at the Lakanal middle school in Aubagne, wounding the principal and a teacher, before a staff member disarmed him. He has been charged and jailed pending trial.

Prosecutors link the attack to the True Crime Community, an online movement born in North America that is fascinated by mass killings. It is the first time French justice has made such a link.

“It is a phenomenon that is growing in France,” said Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, adding that a few dozen young people linked to the movement are being watched by security services.

Second teenager charged after the Aubagne school shooting in France

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