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Old 03-01-2017, 08:31 AM   #330
Carruthers
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Buckinghamshire UK
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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.
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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