Four teachers and 19 students from the third year at Luleå upper secondary school arrived to Strasbourg on Tuesday afternoon. At 17.30-the time the group went out for a walk to the inner city centre, which Norrbottenskuriren was the first to tell you.
– So we went up to the christmas market and the cathedral, where we were at quarter to six to half past eight, ” says the teacher Gunilla Höljman.
After the visit at the christmas market, walked the group on to a restaurant about ten minutes from there. Shortly before eight o’clock began the shooting in Strasbourg, where several people were killed and injured.
a Little later we heard helicopters and police sirens, ” says Gunilla Höljman.
of the teachers heard at 20.30-the time and asked how they felt. Gunilla Höljman tells us that they then read several media outlets and realized that there had been a shooting at the christmas market in Strasbourg.
– We now know that he started shooting right where we had been.
All students contacted their families and told that they were in the safety of a restaurant.
– Then, the tuning became a little worried, but it was quiet with us anyway, ” says the student Mohammedreza Firouzi.
At 22.30-time decided the students in order to walk home to the hotel again.
Mohammedreza Firouzi and Gunilla Höljman from Luleå high school. Photo: Private
the students and teachers been inside the hotel because the local authorities have recommended those who are able can stay indoors.
” It has moved people, but the inner parts of the city are blocked. We have now chosen to keep us inside the hotel, and now we go off to a small town outside of Strasbourg, ” says Gunilla Höljman.
the Class is in Strasbourg to participate in the Euroschool in the european Parliament. Where to meet students from different countries in Europe to discuss policy
“It has not been set, the european Parliament closed the down yesterday,” says Gunilla Höljman.
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