A 21-year-old man was arrested Wednesday, October 13, after firing a dozen shots with a hunting rifle in a university in the Basque Country, in northern Spain, without injuring anyone, AFP has learned. to the police.
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Shortly before 7:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. GMT), a man armed with a shotgun entered the campus of the Faculty of Science and Technology in the city of Leioa.
"
He fired a dozen or more times
" on the facade of the faculty, a Basque police spokesperson told AFP.
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The man was arrested
", she added, without specifying the identity of the suspect, nor if he was a student at the university.
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No injuries were recorded
", underlined the Basque police on Twitter, noting the deployment of "
an important police device to ensure the safety of all students, teachers and (other) members of the staff
".
According to the daily
El Pais
, the perpetrator of the shooting told a cleaning lady: "
I don't want to hurt anyone, only at the university
".
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