French President Emmanuel Macron denounced the 'odious attack' as riot police fired teargas to push back angry protesters from the scene of the shootings.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the suspected assailant had clearly wanted to target foreigners.Authorities said they had arrested a 69-year-old man, who had recently been freed from detention while awaiting trial.
A man gets help as protesters and French police officers clash after a shooting incident near a Kurdish cultural centre in Paris, France, on 23 December 2022.Multiple gunshots were fired on Rue d'Enghien at about midday on Friday, sowing panic on a street lined with small shops and cafes in the French capital's busy 10th district.French President Emmanuel Macron denounced the "odious attack".
Authorities said they had arrested a 69-year-old man, who Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said had recently been freed from detention while awaiting trial for a sabre attack on a migrant camp in Paris a year ago.Juan-Golan Eliberg, an artist who works at the Kurdish centre, told Reuters the shooter had targeted Kurds.
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