What is known about the shooting in Paris ?

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Several shots, three dead and many unanswered questions: investigations are ongoing after the attack on Kurds in Paris. According to the authorities, the alleged perpetrator had a "pathological hatred of foreigners". An overview.What happened?In Paris on Friday, a man shot and killed three people and wounded three others. The deadly shots were fired in a Kurdish community center, among other places. According to the mayor of the tenth arrondissement of Paris, Alexandra Cordebard, the attacker also fired shots at a restaurant and a hairdressing salon opposite the center, near the Gare de l'Est train station.An eyewitness later reported what he observed. "We were walking down the street when we heard shots and turned around." People then dodged to the right and left. A few minutes later, the eyewitness saw how an "elderly, tall man was arrested in the hairdressing salon" - he also saw three injured people.
A police officer stands behind a cordon on a street in Paris. | EPA
12/23/2022
France
Three dead after shooting in Paris
Three people were killed and others injured by gunfire in downtown Paris.

Racist motive confirmedThe alleged perpetrator was arrested immediately after the crime. According to a report by the public prosecutor's office, he now confessed to a "pathological hatred of foreigners". Since a burglary six years ago, the man had "always wanted to kill migrants or foreigners". A racist motive had already been included in the investigation into intentional killing and serious violence on Christmas Eve.Der Tatort - die kleine Rue d'Enghien im 10. Pariser Arrondissement - ist normalerweise eine belebte Straße mit Gemüseladen, Apotheke, Cafés, aber auch mit dem kurdischem Kulturzentrum, Barbiershop und kurdischem Restaurant.

After an attack with three dead in Paris.

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