Never having borne arms in defence of the realm, it's perhaps unfair of me to brand this chap as IoTD, but I'm going to anyway.
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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.
The shot was fired as the officer moved position on a roof about 100m (328ft) from a tent where Mr Hollande was speaking in the town of Villognon.
The bullet went through the canvas of the tent, where drinks were being made. It passed through a waiter's thigh and lodged in another person's calf.
The injuries were not life-threatening.
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BBC Link.
The speech is in French but the 'bang' will be readily understood in any language.
As some wag observed on another forum:
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The French Government immediately raised their threat level from "Run" to "Hide."
The only higher threat level being "Collaborate."
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