Youths held over airgun shooting in Scotland

ELEVEN pupils were injured in Scotland when an air weapon was fired near a school yesterday.

Police said the 11 youngsters, five females and six males, aged between 12 and 16, received injuries to the legs and torso.

An 18-year-old male and 15-year-old boy have been detained, Strathclyde Police said. They said the students at Auchinleck Academy in East Ayrshire were not seriously hurt in the incident in Church Street in the afternoon.