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Violence shook central Paris on Saturday after a protest against Friday’s shooting of three people of Kurdish origin.
In addition to the dead, three other people were injured after a gunman opened fire on a Kurdish restaurant and community center.
The protests began Friday as clashes between police and a group who had gathered at the site following the attack.
Footage showed fires in the street and some protesters smashing car windows.
Riot police officers responded by firing tear gas as a group attempted to break through the security cordon.
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Some protesters overturned cars, others set vehicles on fire.
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They also threw objects at the police.
Violence flared up again on Saturday after hundreds of Kurds gathered peacefully on Place de la République to pay their respects to the three victims.
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Friday’s attack took place at a Kurdish cultural center and restaurant on rue d’Enghien in Paris’ 10th arrondissement.
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A 69yearold man, who described himself as a racist who hated foreigners, a police source told AFP, was arrested.
Police arrested the suspect who did not fight back and reportedly seized the weapon used in the attack. Prosecutors said an investigation had been launched.
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The subject being questioned by the authorities was recently released for another attack, which took place in 2021 and took place in an immigrant camp.
“We were walking down the street and we heard gunshots,” a witness, Ali Dalek, told the BBC. “We turned and saw people running
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“And five or six minutes later we went to a beauty salon where we met people who were working and saw that a man had been arrested.”
Another witness, a trader, told AFP she locked herself in. He claimed to have heard seven or eight shots.