Gun attack in Paris: 3 dead

In Paris, the capital of France, at least 3 people were killed and 3 people were injured, one seriously, when a 69-year-old French citizen opened fire with a gun.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced that a French citizen opened fire on the people around him in Enghien street, in the capital’s 10th arrondissement. According to initial reports, 3 people were killed in the attack, 3 people were injured, one seriously.

In the Paris Police statement it was indicated that a person was arrested at the place where the attack took place. The statement called for the intervention of rescue teams and the evacuation of the area for security reasons.

Meanwhile, the French press announced that the police captured the attacker with his weapon. The attacker, who did not resist the police at the time of his arrest, was said to have been injured in the face.

The identity of the attacker also appears in the press as “William M.” declared as. No official statement has yet been made about the purpose of the attack.

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau announced that 3 people lost their lives in the attack and 3 people were injured, one seriously. Beccuau announced that an investigation has been opened into the incident.

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne also congratulated the police officers who caught the attacker by expressing her condolences for those who lost their lives in the attack. Borne confirmed that an investigation has been opened into the incident.

“KURDS CANNOT BE A SPECIAL TARGET”

“Although the attacker deliberately targeted foreigners, it cannot be said that Kurds were specifically targeted,” Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said at the scene. he used the phrase.

Stating that there have been 9 events with far-right motives and 11 organizations belonging to the far-right have been shut down since he took office as a ministry, Darmanin said there is no evidence of the attacker’s connection to any of them.

Noting that clearer information will be shared as a result of the ongoing judicial investigation, Darmanin recalled that 3 people were killed and 3 others injured in the attack.

Minister Darmanin also said the attacker went to a shooting range at a sports center and had several licensed weapons.

PROJECTS OF THE PKK TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ATTACK THE POLICE

On the other hand, following Darmanin’s speech, a pro-PKK terrorist group, claiming that the attack in front of the building known as the Ahmet Kaya Cultural Center in Strasbourg Saint Denis in Paris was directed against the Kurds, attacked the police in the area and damaged vehicles and shops on the street. The police responded to the attackers with tear gas.

The attackers, who chanted slogans in support of the PKK terrorist organization during the events, carried flags symbolizing the terrorist organization.

A security official stated that at least 6 policemen were injured in the incidents between supporters of the PKK terrorist organization and the police.

THE ATTACKER HAS ALSO ATTACKED THE MIGRATION CENTER BEFORE

In the French press, it was claimed that the 69-year-old attacker was a retired French citizen from France’s official railway company SNCF.

In the news, the attacker was reported to have attempted murder twice before, in 2016 and 2021, in police records, and in December 2021, he attacked an immigration center in Paris with a sword in hand, injuring 2 people. It was recalled that the attacker was imprisoned for this reason and was released from prison this December.

Yann Manzi, one of the officials with the Utopia 56 immigrant aid association, said the suspect wounded some of them with a sword in the attack on the immigrants.

Rabia, one of the members of a migrant aid organization operating in France, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that the attacker carried out a racist attack in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, in Bercy Park, on 8 March. December 2021, in the refugee camp. where people of Sudanese origin were staying.

Rabia claimed that the attacker smashed the tents where the irregular migrants were staying, with a sword, and 2 people were injured in the incident.

Police continue to search the attacker’s house in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris.

It was alleged that after the attacker was arrested, he said that he organized the attack with a “racist” motive.

According to reports in the French press, numerous deputies representing the left and environmental groups called for action against the extreme right in the country. (AA)