Airgun fired at French parents collecting children from nursery

AN unknown person armed with an airgun shot at people near a nursery school in the French city of Lyon yesterday, slightly injuring 11 adults but no children, the city’s public prosecutor said.

Police surrounded the area, but prosecutor Xavier Richaud told reporters that initial attempts to locate the shooter or find out where the 4.5mm shots originated proved fruitless.

The shooting, 30 yards from the Harmony nursery school, took place just as parents were collecting their children before the lunch break. Some mothers were “very lightly injured on their arms and legs,” Richaud said.