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title: "Paris gunman kills three in attack on Kurdish cafe"
url: https://moldova1.md/p/1516/paris-gunman-kills-three-in-attack-on-kurdish-cafe
published: 2022-12-23T15:01:05Z
language: en
author: "Ecaterina Arvintii"
section: "International"
source: moldova1.md
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# Paris gunman kills three in attack on Kurdish cafe

> A gunman has opened fire in central Paris, killing three people and wounding four others, BBC reports.

A gunman has opened fire in central Paris, killing three people and wounding four others, BBC reports.

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Witnesses said the attacker targeted a Kurdish community centre and restaurant and prosecutors said they would look into a possible racist motive.
A suspect, aged 69, was quickly arrested and it soon emerged he was freed from prison recently.
Authorities appealed for people to avoid the area in Strasbourg-Saint Denis in the 10th district of Paris.
There is no confirmed motive for the shooting, but Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau confirmed that that the suspect had just been released, a year after he had attacked tents at a migrant camp in Paris with a sword.
That incident took place at Bercy on 8 December 2021. It was not clear why he had been released.