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March 21, 2009, Saturday
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SOMEONE armed with a BB gun 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 said initial attempts to locate the shooter or find out where the 4.5-millimeter shots originated proved fruitless.
The shooting 30 meters 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.
The school's afternoon session was canceled.
A police officer from an emergency response team that was among the first on the scene was also hit in the leg.
Richaud said the firing ceased after the officer was hit. It was not immediately clear how many shots were fired, he said.
Of the 11 people hit, three were taken to the hospital and immediately released.
The prosecutor said police had not yet developed a profile of the shooter.
"There are not witnesses, no one saw the shooter," he said.
"It's certainly someone who is not a bad shot because it was windy."
Police surrounded the area, but prosecutor Xavier Richaud said initial attempts to locate the shooter or find out where the 4.5-millimeter shots originated proved fruitless.
The shooting 30 meters 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.
The school's afternoon session was canceled.
A police officer from an emergency response team that was among the first on the scene was also hit in the leg.
Richaud said the firing ceased after the officer was hit. It was not immediately clear how many shots were fired, he said.
Of the 11 people hit, three were taken to the hospital and immediately released.
The prosecutor said police had not yet developed a profile of the shooter.
"There are not witnesses, no one saw the shooter," he said.
"It's certainly someone who is not a bad shot because it was windy."
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