Three killed, several injured after shooting incident in central Paris | Tellwell Newspaper
Tellwell Newspaper, Abuja – Nigeria:
A shooter killed three people and wounded four others in a gun attack near a Kurdish cultural centre in the French capital on Friday, the Paris prosecutor said, adding that a suspect had been arrested and the incident was over.
Multiple gunshots were fired in the Rue d’Enghien, a street lined with small shops and cafes in the capital’s 10th arrondissement, sowing panic. Armed police guarded a security cordon and several ambulances were at the scene, live television images showed.
A shopkeeper in the area told AFP on condition of anonymity that she heard seven or eight shots, saying “it was total panic. We locked ourselves inside.”
A 69-year-old man was arrested at the scene, the Paris prosecutor said, adding that the suspect was known to the authorities.
Investigators were examining a possible racist motive behind the shooting, the prosecutor added.
The gunman was described by police sources as “Caucasian”, of French nationality and known for two previous attempted murders in 2016 and 2021.
His motives remain unclear, but his identity and his target immediately raised suspicions that the shooting could have been racially motivated.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has repeatedly warned about the danger of violent far-right groups in France.
The Kurdish community centre, called Centre Ahmet Kaya, is used by a charity that works to integrate the Kurdish population in the Paris region.
Police warned people to stay away from the area while emergency workers were at the scene.
France 24/News Agencies
