Students targeted: Gunshots in Taourirt

B.H thought he was safe from any unpleasant surprises or vile aggression, as he was at the end of the afternoon in front of the gate of his school, the Oued Za middle school in Taourirt. A sniper, positioned at the window of a house located opposite, fired three shots for unknown reasons in the direction of a group of students. The crazed shooter, a 26-year-old man, would later justify his senseless act as an attempt to chase away pigeons. B.H, 14, was seriously wounded in the arm. The outcome could have been much worse, as another bullet miraculously hit the schoolbag of another student. The remaining three students in the group had a narrow escape, as the last bullet fortunately missed them. B.H was rushed to the provincial hospital to receive the necessary care. Alerted, members of the security forces arrived on the scene and raided the house from which the shots were fired. They had…