16 Accidentally Wounded by French Military in Shooting Demo

PARIS — A military shooting demonstration in southeast France on Sunday left 16 people wounded, including children, when real bullets were used instead of blank ones, officials said.

Four of the wounded were in serious condition, including a 3-year-old child, Bernard Lemaire, chief of the regional administration in Aude, said on France-3 television. Fifteen of the injured were civilians.

A Defense Ministry official said the incident occurred during a demonstration of hostage-freeing techniques at the Laperrine military barracks. The official said investigators will look into why real bullets were used.

No information was immediately available about what kind of weapon was used.

The soldier who fired the shots has been detained, Lemaire said. He said the injuries were likely an accident but that it could have been a “criminal act.”

In a statement, President Nicolas Sarkozy expressed his “horror” at Sunday’s incident at the base, which houses the 3rd marine infantry parachute regiment.

The injured were taken to nearby hospitals, with the most seriously wounded taken to Toulouse.

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16 Accidentally Wounded by French Military in Shooting Demo

Maybe this might be why the French were so prone to surrender as soon as the battle started, they knew they would shoot one another in the confusion.

We’re talking about a French hostage rescue team, I am guessing that these guys would be the best that the French military has to offer maybe? And they couldn’t tell the difference between BLANK ammunition and LIVE ammunition?

The French officials are looking into it? It was likely an accident? Try gross negligence and sheer stupidity! Lose the PC crap and call it what it really is, someone messed up, or was just too stupid to tell REAL from FAKE, and shot up a whole bunch of people in a rescue demonstration.

It was certainly a demonstration, it fully demonstrated that you never want to be caught up in a hostage situation in France.

And remember, these are supposed to be some highly trained professionals.

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