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Airsoft Shots Hit Students Outside Catholic Institute in La Roche-sur-Yon

Police are reviewing city surveillance to identify the masked attackers.

Overview

  • A small group leaving the Institut Catholique d’Enseignement Supérieur was fired on with plastic pellets after a theater event on Wednesday, March 25.
  • One woman was struck in the chest and sustained a minor injury that police said did not threaten her life.
  • Witnesses reported three or four masked people in a car who fired multiple times and shouted Arabic phrases including “Allahu Akbar.”
  • The local judicial police (SLPJ) opened an investigation and are analyzing municipal cameras after the mayor offered the footage to help track the vehicle.
  • The students filed a complaint around 1 a.m., and authorities have reported no arrests or confirmed motive.