
French authorities are investigating the attack that occurred in Trappes and La Verrière as a terrorist act with possible racist motivations.
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The attack occurred in the Yvelines department, affecting the towns of Trappes and La Verrière. The authorities have described the event as a terrorist act with racist connotations.
A man shot several people this Friday morning from a vehicle in the towns of Trappes and La Verrière, in the Yvelines department, west of Paris. The shooting left one dead and four injured and the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office has announced that it has opened an investigation into the case. The shooting occurred against people of migrant origin, in a "terrorist" and allegedly "racist" attack, according to the authorities.
"This is clearly a terrorist crime, it is an extremely serious act," denounced the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, who, from Trappes, gave a toll of one dead and five injured. The mayor of Trappes, Ali Rabeh, for his part denounced "an attack with racist, probably Islamophobic, connotations" and called for "de-escalation."
The alleged shooter was arrested shortly after by police officers in Coignières, also in Yvelines. The events occurred around 10:30 a.m. Emergency services continue to intervene in the area and the death toll is not yet definitive.
The man "was clearly shooting at random and wanting to cause carnage" in several neighborhoods of the city, Rabeh told the BFMTV network.
The French Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, assured on the social network X that the security forces are fully mobilized. "The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office is following the situation," he had said before the Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office itself announced that it is taking charge of the investigation for "murder in relation to a terrorist action, with the aggravating circumstance that the acts were committed due to belonging - real or supposed - to a certain race, ethnicity, nation or religion."
The mayor of the town of La Verrière, Nicolas Dainville, where one of the shootings took place, explained on the BFMTV channel that three people were injured in his municipality, including a 12-year-old girl who was hit eight times by bullets, and whose condition had been stabilized.
The other two injured are two men aged 29 and 49, who were taken to two hospitals in the Paris region, Dainville said.
The mayor, although cautious about the nature of the events, indicated that the perpetrator appeared to have selected his victims based on their race. He also said that the detainee's name is Kevin and he is originally from Saint Cyr, a city in the same department. Law enforcement is checking to see if he had a criminal record.
"He shot at random and wanted to cause carnage," declared, also on BFMTV, the mayor of Trappes, Ali Rabeh, who specified that the deceased and at least one other of the wounded, who is in very serious condition, belong to racial minorities. The councilor has announced that the municipality will enable "in the next few hours" a psychological support unit to care for the affected people.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office will continue the formal investigation for terrorism.
Very likely · Within weeks

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