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Three people were killed and three injured in a shooting in Paris on Friday, the city's prosecutor said.

12, 2022, after being held for a year, the maximum limit for a provisional detention, prosecutors said. He was also banned from possessing a weapon, the prosecutor said. The suspect was also wounded.

Three people died and four others were injured after a gunman opened fire at a Kurdish community center, and a nearby restaurant and barber shop in Paris on ...

“We are evaluating the facts to know if the event should be qualified as an act of terrorism,” the prosecutor’s office said. “When it comes to racist motivations, of course these elements are part of the investigation that was just launched,” Beccuau said. The suspected attacker has been arrested.

The Paris prosecutor said the suspect had been released from prison after attacking migrants living in tents, and that investigators are considering a ...

The attacker attended a shooting range in a sports club, and had several registered weapons, Darmanin said. Turkey's army has been battling against Kurdish militants affiliated with the banned PKK, in southeast Turkey as well as in northern Iraq. 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. Darmanin is holding a special meeting Friday night to assess threats targeting the Kurdish community in France. The construction worker told The Associated Press that he saw the assailant injure three people, then two passersby intervened and stopped the attacker. A 69-year-old suspect was wounded and arrested.

Alexandra Cordebard, the mayor of the 10th district of Paris where the attack unfolded, said the shootings took place in the Kurdish community center.

Many Kurdish community members in Paris have long suspected Turkish intelligence services to have been behind that attack. “The Kurds of France have been the target of a heinous attack in the heart of Paris,” French President Emmanuel Macrontweeted Friday evening. Skirmishes broke out between police officers and members of the Kurdish community, who shouted slogans decrying the Turkish government and blaming French officials for having failed to protect them.

A gunman opened fire on a Kurdish cultural center and nearby Kurdish café in central Paris on Friday, killing three people and wounding three others.

"Kurds, wherever they live, should be able to live in peace and security," Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Twitter. "It might be shocking for someone who has never had a worry in their life. He was convicted in June of committing violent acts with a weapon in 2016, and had lodged an appeal. Eyewitness Mehmet Dilek told Reuters he first heard gunshots and then cries from inside a barber's shop opposite the cultural centre. Salih Azad, a prominent figure from the Kurdish community in Marseille, said he knew one of the victims, a 26-year-old woman who had lived in Paris for several years. - A gunman opened fire on a Kurdish cultural center and nearby Kurdish café in central Paris on Friday, killing three people and wounding three others.

Three people were killed, and several others wounded in central Paris Friday when a man opened fire outside a Kurdish cultural center and nearby businesses.

"The Kurds of France have been the target of a heinous attack in the heart of Paris. The construction worker told The Associated Press that he saw the assailant injure three people before two passersby intervened and stopped the attacker. Police have arrested the alleged shooter, a 69-year-old man.

A shooting in Paris has left three people dead and three injured, one of whom is in critical condition, the Paris prosecutor said.

Authorities in Paris say a man who was charged last year with attacking migrants shot and killed three people at a Kurdish cultural center in an assault ...

Turkey’s military also recently launched a series of air and artillery strikes against Syrian Kurdish militant targets in northern Syria. A Turkish citizen was charged with their killing, although suspicion also fell on the Turkish intelligence service. The worker told The Associated Press that he saw the assailant wound three people before two passersby in the salon intervened and stopped him. It also rattled merchants in the bustling neighborhood in central Paris on the eve of Christmas weekend and put officers on alert for more violence. Shocked members of the city's Kurdish community called it a terrorist act. Thoughts for the victims, those who are fighting to survive, to their families and loved ones."

UPDATED, 10 AM: The death toll in a shooting near a Kurdish cultural center in Paris has risen to three, with three wounded, and authorities are ...

The latter led to the deaths of 90 people and a standoff between police and attackers. According to AP, a 69-year-old suspect was wounded and arrested after opening fire in the area, having been detained and had their weapon taken without resistance. PREVIOUS, 5:16 AM: Two people have been reported killed and four wounded after a shooting near a Kurdish cultural center in Paris, according to reports.

Renewed clashes broke out in Paris on Saturday between police and members of the Kurdish community angry at the killing on Friday of three members of their ...

"The Kurdish community is afraid. France owes us protection," Berivan Firat, a spokesperson for the CDK-F told BFM TV. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Paris (AP) -- Kurdish activists, left-wing politicians and anti-racism groups demonstrated Saturday in Paris after three people were killed at a Kurdish ...

Kurdish activists, left-wing politicians and anti-racism groups are holding a protest in Paris after three people were killed at a Kurdish cultural center a ...

Turkey’s military also recently launched a series of air and artillery strikes against Syrian Kurdish militant targets in northern Syria. The ministry did not include 2020 in its statistics because of successive pandemic lockdowns that year. He is facing potential charges of murder and attempted murder with a racist motive, the Paris prosecutor's office said Saturday.

Paris prosecutors investigating a deadly shooting at a Kurdish cultural centre in Paris said Saturday they were examining a possible racist motive for the ...

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A 69-year-old man with a criminal record was taken into custody in the attack, which ignited neighborhood protests that led to violent clashes with police.