Report: Hooded gunmen fire on police in Marseille
Hooded gunmen have fired at police in the French city of Marseille, where French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is due to visit, a police source told Reuters.
Marseille school evacuated in 'drug related' shooting
A school in Marseille has been evacuated by French police responding to an incident in which they were fired on by gunmen armed with Kalashnikov rifles.
Caroline Pozmentier, deputy mayor of the city, suggested the shootings were linked to a problem related to drug trafficking. She told Reuters:
Riot police have now blocked off the Castellane housing project in the north of the city following the incident.
French prime minister Manuel Valls was due to visit France's second-largest city to talk about security and education.
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