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Drive-by shooting near Paris kills one; Macron calls it racist terrorist attack
A gunman firing from a car killed one person and wounded five others, including a 12-year-old girl, at three locations in Trappes and La Verrière west of Paris on Friday. A suspect was arrested and antiterrorism prosecutors opened an investigation; Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez called it a racist, probably Islamophobic attack. President Emmanuel Macron visited Trappes and called it a racist terrorist attack.
Why it matters
The attack is being handled as terrorism while France is already deploying tens of thousands of police for weekend protests.
Background
France has faced several attacks treated as terrorism over the past decade. The shooting comes during weeks of protests and unrest across the country.
The story so far
- Trump approval hits record low as Iran war weighs on Republicans
- Trump tells Kansas rally US will 'burn' like France if Democrats win
- Macron rejects foreign leaders' claims blaming migrants for riots
- Drive-by shooting near Paris kills one; Macron calls it racist terrorist attack
- Macron condemns deadly shooting near Paris as racist terrorism
Sources
- BBC News ↗Oct 23, 2:56 PM ET
- South China Morning Post ↗Oct 23, 2:13 PM ET
- RFI ↗Oct 23, 8:55 AM ET
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