French high school shooter was fascinated with Columbine massacre


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  • Friday, 17 Mar 2017

Police inside the Tocqueville high school after a shooting took place injuring at least eight people, in Grasse, southern France, March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

PARIS (Reuters) - The French student who shot his headmaster and pupils in his high school in southeastern France on Thursday was fascinated with the 1999 Columbine massacre in the United States, his social media profiles showed.

The 16-year old son of an ultra-conservative local councillor in the Mediterranean town of Grasse, world famous as a centre for perfume production, updated his Facebook profile three days ago with the photo of a zombie-like skeleton in a long leather coat, carrying two assault weapons.

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