Cannes Shooting: Shots Fired At Film Festival

Shots were fired at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday while a French TV channel was filming a live interview with Oscar-winning actor Christoph Waltz, reported CNN.

Canal+ was interviewing Waltz and actor Daniel Auteuil when the suspect fired two shots from a starter pistol, according to authorities. The man, who has since been placed in police custody, was allegedly also carrying a dummy grenade.

After the shots were heard, the interview along the Promenade de la Croisette was abruptly halted and the actors were taken to safety off the stage. When Canal+ anchor Michel Denisot came back on air he told viewers, “The shots fired were blanks and the grenade was fake. That’s what we know.”

The man who was arrested in connection with the scare has not been identified by French authorities.

No injuries were reported.

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