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In photos: 'France - People Wounded During Military Demonstration'

By James Wray Jun 30, 2008, 14:07 GMT

French military personnel pick up spent shells at the place in the Marine Paratroopers barracks at Carcassonne, Southern France, 29 June 2008, where an assault demonstration by French Military personnel ended with sixteen people, 15 of them civilians, injured when a soldier fired with live ammunition instead of blanks. Four of the casualties are in serious condition, and the soldier has been detained pending the result of the enquiry. EPA/MAXPPP/CHRISTOPHE BARREAU

French military personnel let in a SAMU vehicle in the Marines barracks at Carcassonne, Southern France, 29 June 2008, where an assault demonstration by French Military personnel ended with sixteen people, 15 of them civilians, injured when a soldier fired with live ammunition instead of blanks. Four of the casualties are in serious condition, and the soldier has been detained pending the result of the enquiry.

French military personnel, Police and paramedics are seen at the place in the barracks at Carcassonne, Southern France, 29 June 2008, where an assault demonstration by French Military personnel ended with sixteen people, 15 of them civilians, injured when a soldier fired with live ammunition instead of blanks. Four of the casualties are in serious condition, and the soldier has been detained pending the result of the enquiry. EPA/MAXPPP/CHRISTOPHE BARREAU

A SAMU vehicle leaves the French Marine paratroopers barracks at Carcassonne, Southern France, 29 June 2008, where an assault demonstration by French Military personnel ended with sixteen people, 15 of them civilians, injured when a soldier fired with live ammunition instead of blanks. Four of the casualties are in serious condition, and the soldier has been detained pending the result of the enquiry. EPA/MAXPPP/CLAUDE BOYER

French military personnel and civilians are seen at the place in the barracks at Carcassonne, Southern France, 29 June 2008, where an assault demonstration by French Military personnel ended with sixteen people, 15 of them civilians, injured when a soldier fired with live ammunition instead of blanks. Four of the casualties are in serious condition, and the soldier has been detained pending the result of the enquiry. EPA/MAXPPP/CHRISTOPHE BARREAU

French soldiers are seen at the place in the barracks at Carcassonne, Southern France, 30 June 2008, where an assault demonstration by French Military personnel ended with sixteen people, 15 of them civilians, injured when a soldier fired with live ammunition instead of blanks. Four of the casualties are in serious condition, and the soldier has been detained pending the result of the enquiry. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO

French president Nicolas Sarkozy speaks during a press conference in front of a hospital in Carcassonne, France, 30 June 2008. During an assault demonstration by French Military personnel ended with sixteen people, 15 of them civilians, injured when a soldier fired with live ammunition instead of blanks.Four of the casualties are in serious condition, and the soldier has been detained pending the result of the enquiry. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO

French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the hospital of Carcassonne, Southern France, 30 June 2008. An assault demonstration by French Military personnel ended with sixteen people, 15 of them civilians, injured when a soldier fired with live ammunition instead of blanks.Four of the casualties are in serious condition, and the soldier has been detained pending the result of the enquiry. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO

French president Nicolas Sarkozy speaks during a press conference in front of the hospital of Carcassonne, Southern France, 30 June 2008. An assault demonstration by French Military personnel ended with sixteen people, 15 of them civilians, injured when a soldier fired with live ammunition instead of blanks.Four of the casualties are in serious condition, and the soldier has been detained pending the result of the enquiry. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO