by Damozel | A military demonstration in France went badly wrong when a soldier used real bullets instead of blanks. (BBC) Four of the 16 wounded are in critical condition, including a child. (BBC) No one knows how it happened, but the soldier who used the bullets has been detained. (BBC)
Reports from the scene say the hostage scenario had been acted out five times before a crowd at the Laperrine military barracks, near Carcassonne, when on the sixth take real bullets began flying through the air, and onlookers fell to the ground....
"The question being asked is 'Did the soldier engage in a criminal act or not?'," Mr Lemaire said.
"For now, no-one can answer that, but the theory being worked on is one of error," he added. (Read more: BBC)
Sarkozy expressed horror, as well he might. (BBC)
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