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Mortar shells force lockdown and police sweep at a lycée in Essonne

Students at the Lycée L’Essouriau in Les Ulis were locked inside for about an hour after mortar rounds landed nearby, prompting a police search of the campus.

On Friday, classes at the Lycée L’Essouriau in Les Ulis, Essonne, were heavily disrupted when mortar fire struck close to the school. Authorities sealed the building and kept pupils confined for roughly an hour while law-enforcement units conducted a thorough search. A parent reported on social media that the incident caused panic among children and that some teachers were unable to continue teaching due to fear.

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