On October 12, 2025, a 14‑year‑old ninth‑grade student entered Collège Joseph‑Lakanal in Aubagne, carrying a guitar case that concealed a hunting rifle. He proceeded into the school.
Shortly after 9 a.m., he shot the school's principal, a 53‑year‑old man, in the hip.
He then fired at a 37‑year‑old math teacher, wounding her superficially in the lower limbs. The teacher was evacuated for her injuries.
Several hundred parents gathered outside the ocre‑colored building of Collège Joseph‑Lakanal, located near a commercial zone with views of surrounding hills.
After the shooting, students inside the building began to call their families. One of those calls reached Laetitia Galet, mother of a pupil named Maha. Her daughter's panicked call prompted Galet and many other parents to rush to the school.
Several hundred parents gathered outside the ocre‑colored building of Collège Joseph‑Lakanal, located near a commercial zone with views of surrounding hills. They waited outside as police evacuated the roughly 625 enrolled students one by one.
Police evacuated the roughly 625 enrolled students one by one.
About a quarter‑hour after the incident, Aubagne’s mayor, Jean‑Pierre Squillari, arrived at the school. He spoke with the wounded math teacher before she was taken away and relayed what he observed to those gathered outside.
The initial news account ends here, noting that the article is truncated and the remainder is reserved for paying subscribers. What is known from the available source includes the ages of those involved—the shooter at 14, the principal at 53, the teacher at 37—and the approximate timing of the attack, shortly after 9 a.m. on October 12, 2025.
The immediate focus remains on the victims and the families affected.