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Shooting leads to riots
3 dead, 3 hurt in Paris shooting: Prosecutor
Protests against Turkey broke out after the attack in a Kurdish neighborhood.
ByAnna Rabemanantsoa and Tom Liddy
December 23, 2022, 11:24 AM
https://abcnews.go.com/International/2-dead-4-hurt-paris-shooting-prosecutor/story?id=95744394
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/several-people-wounded-after-gunshots-fired-central-paris-bfm-tv-2022-12-23/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/23/dead-injured-paris-shooting-reports
https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/12/23/breaking-several-people-wounded-after-gunman-opens-fire-in-paris/
17:06 (December 23) – The shooting is now confirmed to have taken place in a predominantly Kurdish neighbourhood of Paris.
As a result, protests have broken out with Kurds taking to the street to vent their anger. Police reinforcements have been brought in resulting in clashes that have left a number of people injured.
The suspect, known to the police, was not known to the intelligence services, was not registered for radicalization and was not an activist of one of the recently dissolved far-right groups, according to the minister.
Gérald Darmanin, the Interior Minister said that there is no evidence that the shooter targeted Kurds, but it is clear that he wanted to kill foreigners.
He added: “It is not certain that he has any political commitment even if, obviously, his motivations were a blatant attack on foreigners, but that, the judicial investigation will confirm it.”
There is some disquiet among the Kurdish community who believe that the shooter should not have been released and that they had essentially “dropped the ball” allowing him to carry out his heinous crime.
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/23/1145217437/paris-shooting-kurdish-cultural-center
PARIS — A shooting targeting a Kurdish cultural center in a bustling Paris neighborhood Friday left three people dead and three others wounded, authorities said. A 69-year-old suspect was wounded and arrested.
The Paris prosecutor said the suspect had recently been released from prison after attacking migrants living in tents, and that investigators are considering a possible racist motive for the shooting.