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Four wounded in New Caledonia shooting

Four people have been shot and wounded by a gunman on the French Pacific island of Noumea.

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A gunman has shot and wounded four people close to a school in the French Pacific island territory of New Caledonia.

Police arrested the man shortly after the apparent random shooting in Kamere, a district north of the capital Noumea.

All four victims - two adults and two minors - were rushed to hospital with wounds to the head, legs and thighs, a national police spokesman said. One of them was in critical condition.

The suspect, who was known to police prior to the incident, was taken to a police station in Noumea.


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