2022 Paris shooting | |
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Location | 10th arrondissement of Paris, France |
Coordinates | 48°52′19″N 02°21′06″E / 48.87194°N 2.35167°E |
Date | 23 December 2022 10:40 CET (UTC+1) |
Target | Kurdish people |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
Weapon | .45 Colt handgun[1] |
Deaths | 3 |
Injured | 4 (including the suspect) |
Motive | Anti-Kurdish sentiment, racism, xenophobia |
Accused | William Mallet |
On 23 December 2022, a mass shooting occurred at three Kurdish locations in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, France. Three people were killed, and three others were wounded in and around a Kurdish cultural center on Rue d'Enghien.[2][3]
Investigators believe the shooting to be an act of right-wing terrorism. The suspect, 69-year-old William Mallet, has confessed to having been motivated by racism,[4][5] and declared that he "didn't like the Kurds".[6]
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