Paris protest after the massacre that took place on Friday 23 feelings racistsas he himself admitted when he was arrested, he shot at a Kurdish cultural center, killing three people and injuring four others.
tensions and fights broke in with the police boulevard du temple, near location of republic, where a demonstration was organized. As Le Parisien reports, after an initially peaceful protest, the demonstration degenerated: some demonstrators threw smoke bombs, objects and street furniture at the police, who responded with tear gas. On the fringes of the demonstration, cars and scooters were set on fire, according to images published on social media by Brut journalist Remy Buisine. At least four cars were overturned, with at least one set on fire and garbage cans set on fire, according to Ansa.
The 69-year-old, during his arresthe claimed to have traded because it “racist“. This was reported by a source close to the dossier, who stated that the man, a retired train driver, had next to him a briefcase with “two or three loaded magazines, a box of .45 caliber cartridges with at least 25 rounds inside.” had. The gun used is a “worn looking” US Army “1911 Colt 45”.
According to the spokesman for the Kurdish Democratic Council in France, Berivan Firat, quoted by bfmtv, there would be some “provocateurs‘ at the root of the riots and clashes. A “vehicle with a Turkish flag” would have driven past, “set the sign of the Gray Wolves” and “provoked young people”. The Gray Wolves are a Turkish ultra-nationalist organization extremely hostile to the Kurdish community. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin ordered the dissolution of this right-wing extremist organization in 2020.
However, hundreds waved flags of the Kurdish nation and the PKK in the Place de la République and even displayed photos of three Kurdish militants killed in Paris in January 2013. People in the square also observed a minute’s silence in honor of all the victims and the “Kurds who died for freedom.” Many condemned what happened yesterday as a “political” and “terrorist” act.
“We have no doubt that they are gods political murders. The fact that our associations are being targeted shows a terrorist and political character,” he said Agit Polat, Spokesman for the Kurdish Democratic Council in France (Cdkf), who also makes some allegations against the French authorities for the lack of a plan for the security of the culture group attacked by the murderous hand yesterday and the other Kurdish entities in France. And among the demonstrators there are those who swear by Turkey’s participation.
Meanwhile also a Marseilles Several hundred people gathered in the center and followed the call of the Association for the Defense of Kurdish Rights, Solidarità e Libertà.
After the clashes, the Democratic Council in France decided to end the demonstration.