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Two hurt in police gun accident at Hollande event

Xinhua | Updated: 2017-03-01 18:33

VILLOGNON, France - A policeman providing security for Francois Hollande accidentally fired his gun as the French president was giving a speech on Tuesday, injuring two people in the VIP area of the crowd, an official said.

Hollande was inaugurating part of a high-speed rail line in the southwest of the country when the mishap occurred.

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