The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, has promised punishment for the soldier who accidentally shot 17 members of the public at a military display on Saturday.
The soldier is understood to have mistakenly loaded a magazine containing live ammunition into his assault rifle, before opening fire in the mock hostage-release operation at the base near Carcassonne.
Prosecutors have said they would press for a charge of causing unintentional harm when he appears before judges today.
“This might seem a rather mild way of referring to emptying an automatic weapon into the general public,” admitted Mr Sarkozy, “But hey - at least we aren’t just doing him for a breach of health and safety rules.”
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