Paris gunman kills three in attack on Kurdish cafe

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PARIS - A gunman opened fire on a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby Kurdish cafe in central Paris on Friday, killing three people and wounding three others, and prosecutors said they were looking into a possible racist motive for the attack. Multiple gunshots were...

An investigation has been opened into murder, manslaughter and aggravated violence, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.

The prosecutor said the suspected gunman had been detained a year ago for an attack with a sabre on a migrant camp in Paris and investigated for a racially motivated crime. BFM TV reported that the suspect was a French national. A witness told the TV channel that the gunman was a white man who opened fire in silence.

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the suspect was also injured, “notably to the face”, when she spoke to reporters at the scene.“There were people panicking, shouting to the police and pointing to the salon ‘he’s in there, he’s in there, go in’,” he explained.A shopkeeper in the area said she heard seven or eight shots, saying “it was total panic. We locked ourselves inside.

 

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