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A French police sniper has accidentally shot and injured two people during a speech by President Francois Hollande in western France. Hollande was speaking in the town of Villognon to mark the opening of a high-speed railway line between Paris and Bordeaux when a police marksman accidentally opened fire, the Sud-Ouest newspaper reported. The regional prefect, speaking to journalists near the scene of the incident, said the gendarme, or military police officer, was located on a high spot, “his regular position,” when his weapon was fired. Asked if the sharpshooter fired accidentally, Mr N’Gahane responded: “Yes, without doubt.”

He said two people were slightly wounded, each in one leg.
A police sniper accidentally fires his weapon while changing position and injures two people during a speech by French President François Hollande in Villognon.