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Macron Calls Racist Terrorist Attack in Trappes, Suspect Arrested in Police Custody
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Macron described the Trappes-La Verrière shooting as a racist terrorist attack. One person was killed and five wounded, including a 12-year-old girl.
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Macron calls it racist terror
French President Emmanuel Macron called the shooting near Paris a "racist terrorist attack" during a visit to Trappes, saying the country faces a "turning point." The attack left one dead and five others wounded in the suburbs of Paris, with the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office opening an investigation while motives remained under inquiry. The shooting began Friday morning in Trappes and extended to the neighboring town of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, and Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez described the attack as lasting about 15 minutes.
The suspect was arrested and placed in police custody, and Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu confirmed he is in police custody. The Trappes mayor, Ali Rabeh, described the gunman as having "shot randomly" and wanting to "commit a massacre."
Suspect, weapon, and custody
The suspect was identified as Kevin T., and the BBC said he was 39 years old and moved between neighborhoods in a gray Renault Clio while firing from inside the car. The suspect’s mother was placed in police custody on Friday evening, October 23, a few hours after the attack, and the suspect was suspected of firing an automatic weapon in the street around 10:30 a.m. on Friday. The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office was handling the investigation, noting that the events may fall under the crime of 'murder linked to a terrorist project.'
The suspect’s mother was placed in police custody on Friday evening, October 23, a few hours after the attack, and it said the suspect was suspected of firing an automatic weapon in the street around 10:30 a.m. on Friday. The suspect was apprehended by the anti-crime brigade (BAC) in the parking lot of a Kiloutou store in Coignières, and he was placed in custody on Friday for a regime that could last 96 hours.
Residents, unity, and next steps
Residents in La Verrière told franceinfo they were angry after the attack, and one resident said, "It’s a racist attack. He shot at Africans."
“‘It’s a racist attack. He shot at Africans.”
Emmanuel Macron described the events that occurred on Friday, October 23 in the Yvelines as a "racist terrorist attack," and a 39-year-old man was in custody after a deadly rampage that left one dead and five wounded.
Macron condemned the attack as a terrorist act with a racist character, calling it "extreme gravity" and a "turning point for our country," while urging national unity and the continuation of the fight against hatred.
The interior minister told reporters during a visit to Trappes, 'It is clearly a terrorist crime, and that is what the public prosecutor’s office said.'
The investigation includes a suspicion of "possession of a category A weapon," and the inquiry examines the possibility of "conspiracy with a terrorist organization to commit crimes against persons."