French security personnel secure the road after several shots were fired along rue d’Enghien within the tenth arrondissement, in Paris on December 23, 2022.
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A shooter killed two people and wounded 4 others in a gun attack near a Kurdish cultural center in Paris on Friday, the prosecutor’s office said.
Multiple gunshots were fired within the Rue d’Enghien, a street lined with small shops and cafes within the capital’s tenth arrondissement, sowing panic. Armed police guarded a security cordon and several other ambulances were on the scene, live television images showed.
“A gun attack has taken place. Thanks to the safety forces for his or her swift motion,” tweeted deputy Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire. “Thoughts for the victims and those that witnessed this drama.”
An investigation into murder, manslaughter and aggravated violence has been opened, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.
A 69-year-old man had been arrested and was in detention, the prosecutor’s office added. The incident was over, it said.
Police didn’t indicate the motives of the alleged shooter.
One witness told French news agency AFP that seven or eight shots had been fired. A second witness, chatting with BFM TV, said the suspected gunman was a white man who opened fire in silence.
