By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Nouvelle Tribune
Kevin T., the suspect in the shootings in Yvelines, France, reportedly told investigators he wanted to avenge shopkeepers whose businesses were looted on 17 October. He reportedly explained that he had targeted black and Arab people, according to Le Monde.
The attack described as a racist terrorist attack in Yvelines left six victims, including one man killed and a 12-year-old girl seriously injured. Emmanuel Macron called for unity in Trappes and praised the police intervention, according to a statement reported by Bamada.net.
🇫🇷 France · Source: Bamada.net ·
French President Emmanuel Macron described the shooting in Trappes, which left one person dead and five injured, as terrorist and racist. He said the attack was premeditated and motivated by the victims’ skin colour or religion, and called for harmony and unity, according to remarks reported by L’Essentiel.
🇫🇷 France · Source: L’essentiel ·
A shooting in Yvelines, west of Paris, killed one person and injured at least four others, including a 12-year-old girl. The suspect was arrested, while the circumstances and motive remain under investigation, reports La Nouvelle Tribune.
🇫🇷 France · Source: La Nouvelle Tribune ·
Three gas cylinders fitted with a timer were found in the flat of the suspect in the racist shooting that left one person dead and five injured in Yvelines, France. An automatic weapon was also found in his car, France 24 reports, as the investigation continues.
🇫🇷 France · Source: France 24 ·
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