Macron calls Paris suburb shooting a 'racist terrorist attack'
An individual opened fire in the street in Trappes and La Verrière, west of Paris, before being apprehended and taken into custody, according to the prime minister.
An individual opened fire in the street in Trappes and La Verrière, west of Paris, before being apprehended and taken into custody, according to the prime minister.
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One person was killed and four others were wounded, including a 12-year-old girl, when shots were fired from a car in two suburbs west of Paris on Friday. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said the shooting was “clearly a terrorist crime” and “a racist, probably Islamophobic attack...
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French President Emmanuel Macron described Friday’s drive-by shooting in the western suburb of Trappes “as a terrorist and racist attack”, saying it would mark a turning point for France. One person was killed and at least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, were wounded i...
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