Holy See horror at Toulouse school shooting

(March 21, 2012) The Church is united in prayer with the suffering of the Jewish community in France following the Monday morning school shooting in the southern city of Toulouse in which three children and a teacher were killed. Vatican Press Office Director,
Fr. Federico Lombardi, described the act which saw an unknown gunman open fire at the Ozar Hatorah school before fleeing on a scooter as “ignoble and shameful”.
Fr. Lombardi said Monday's attack, “arouses deep indignation and bewilderment and the most resolute condemnation”, particularly given “the age and the innocence of the young victims, and because it happened in a peaceful Jewish educational institution”. Fr. Lombardi expressed deep condolences to the “bereaved families and the Jewish community.