Alès School Canteen Shooting Leaves 15-Year-Old Wounded as Two Gunmen Flee

Overview

• Gunfire erupted around 1:15 p.m. in the Prés‑Saint‑Jean neighborhood near a primary‑school canteen, where bullet impacts were found on the access ramp and no pupils were injured.
• The victim, a 15‑year‑old from Seine‑Saint‑Denis identified in reports as Marwan P., was shot in the leg and took refuge inside the canteen with a non‑life‑threatening wound.
• Witnesses reported two men on a motorcycle opening fire with an Uzi‑type weapon, and investigators recovered eight shell casings at the scene.
• An inquiry for attempted murder in an organized gang and criminal association has been opened, and the case is assigned to the Gard interdepartmental organized‑crime division.
• Local officials say the attack appears linked to dealing hotspots and to transient teenage 'jobbeurs' recruited for small tasks, with the two suspected shooters still at large.