One student was arrested and another suspect is on the run after a shooting on Thursday at a high school in southern France in which the head teacher was targeted, police and local officials said.  

According to a statement from the local town hall in Grasse, "two students fired on the head teacher" with one of them arrested afterwards, and another on the run.

A police source, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said that at least two people had been injured and that an armed pupil had been arrested.