Topline
At least three people were killed when a gunman opened fire on a Kurdish community center and a hair salon in Paris, France, local officials said Friday morning, as police investigate whether the shooting was a hate crime.
Police sealed off the area of a fatal shooting which left three dead and several people injured.
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Three more people were injured, including one in “absolute emergency,” in the attack, which took place in the city’s rue d’Enghien, a bustling area known for its shops and restaurants, which also has a large Kurdish population, French outlet France24 reported.
Police said they arrested the 69-year-old alleged shooter—who was also injured in the attack—describing him as a Caucasian man who had been known for two previous attempted murders, in 2016 and 2021.
Witnesses told French outlet AFP the gunman first approached the Kurdish cultural center before he went to a salon next door—no motive has been giving for the shooting.
The shooter is believed to be an “extreme right-wing activist,” Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo tweeted, saying he targeted Kurdish people in the attack, while Mathilde Panot, the head of France’s left-wing Unbowed party, tweeted, the racist extreme right must be neutralized.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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Further Reading
Gunman in Paris Opens Fire, Killing at Least 3 (New York Times)
3 people killed in central Paris shooting, local mayor says (Washington Post)
Paris shooting: Three dead and several injured in attack (BBC)
