Clashes erupt in Paris after 3 people are killed in possible racist shooting at Kurdish center

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In the center of Paris, a gunman opened fire yesterday and killed three people and injured several at the Kurdish center. Clashes broke out between police and a group that had gathered at the scene the day after the attack. According to the images, people can be seen who started the clashes in the middle of the street and smashed car windows. Police tried to limit the clashes with tear gas, the BBC reported.

Referring to the attack on the Kurdish center, a Kurdish activist, Murat Roni, said that “the cultural center was like a Kurdish embassy in Paris, a meeting place for cultural events, political discussions, assistance with immigration, a building where all Kurds could meet”.

Parisclash broke out

Clashes in Paris erupted after a man targeted a Kurdish cultural center and shot dead members of the local community. Two men and a woman lost their lives in a possible racist attack. French authorities have opened their investigation and cordoned off the rue d’Enghien in the 10th arrondissement of Paris where the incident took place. The suspect was taken into custody immediately after the attack, but was quickly released from jail recently, the BBC reported. All three victims were treated for serious injuries, one of which is critical.

So far there have been no confirmed motives for the shooting, but Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuausa said “the suspect had already been charged with racist violence”. 2021, the BBC reported.

“We were walking down the street and heard gunshots,” witness Ali Dalek told the BBC of the incident at the Kurdish center in Paris.

Additionally, he shared that when he turned around, he saw people running left and right.

“And then, five or six minutes later, because we know people who work at the barbershop, we walked in and saw that they had arrested a guy,” says Dalek.

Meanwhile, the owner of the restaurant, who was near the scene of the incident, said he saw an old white man who entered the cultural center and opened fire, after having ambushed the lounge of hairstyle that was right next door, the Guardian reported. According to the prosecutor’s statement, police opened a murder investigation, detained the suspect without resistance and recovered the weapon used in the attack, the BBC reported.

Clashes and shootings in Paris condemned

The Kurdish Democratic Council of France (CDF-K) condemned the attack in a brief statement. After visiting the scene, French Interior Minister Grad Darmanin said there were no links between the suspect and “ultra-right” groups. Paris, reported a local French newspaper, Le Monde.

French President Emmanuel Macron also condemned the Paris shooting at the Kurdish center, taking to Twitter the prez wrote: “The Kurds of France have been the target of a heinous attack in the heart of Paris. Thoughts of the victims, of the people who are struggling to live, of their families and loved ones. Recognition to our law enforcement for their courage and composure.

The Kurds of France have been the target of a heinous attack in the heart of Paris. Think of the victims, of the people struggling to live, their families and loved ones. Recognition of our law enforcement for their courage and composure.

Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) December 23, 2022

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