Shooting in Paris leaves three Kurdish activists dead, Macron condemns 'heinous attack'

Three people were also injured in the attack near a Kurdish cultural center. The shooter, 69, was arrested. He was known for two previous attempted murders.

Three people were killed and three injured in a shooting in central Paris on Friday, December 23, at a Kurdish cultural center and a hairdressing salon. The three people killed were Kurdish activists.

"An investigation has been opened on charges of murder, voluntary manslaughter and aggravated violence," prosecutors said. Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said three people hit in the shooting have died, one is in critical condition and two others are hospitalized with less serious injuries. The attacker was also wounded in the face, she said.

French President Emmanuel Macron reacted to the shooting in a tweet, deploring the "heinous attack in the heart of Paris." He also thanked the French "police forces for their courage and composure."

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2022/12/23/shooting-in-central-paris-leaves-two-dead-four-injured_6008847_7.html

Shooting???

but i thought guns were abolished in the liberal utopia of France. Yet, the criminal still got ahold of one? I thought that couldn't happen.