At least four cars were knocked over, at least one of which was set on fire. Garbage cans also burned. There had already been clashes between demonstrators and security forces on Friday evening. Protesters threw objects, set garbage cans on fire and erected barricades, and the police used tear gas. The windows of several private cars and police vehicles were also broken.
The French public prosecutor’s office announced on Saturday that the alleged perpetrator, a 69-year-old Frenchman, is now being investigated for a possible racist motive. According to investigators, he had declared that he had acted out of racist motives.
The former train driver shot three people and injured three others near a Kurdish cultural center in Paris on Friday. He was taken into police custody at the scene and taken to hospital with minor injuries.
According to the Kurdish association CDK-F, the dead are Kurdish activists, including a young woman and a musician. The association accused the Turkish state and its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of being responsible for the crime.
