Paris shooting: Suspect admits 'pathological' hatred of migrants - BBC

The antheral accused of a deadly onslaught against the Kurdish assemblage successful Paris has admitted to a "pathological" hatred of migrants, French prosecutors say.

The 69-year-old told investigators helium had planned to termination "non-European foreigners" arsenic helium embarked connected his shooting spree connected Friday, they say.

The fishy was placed successful psychiatric attraction aft being questioned by police.

He is accused of opening occurrence astatine a Kurdish taste centre, sidesplitting 3 radical and wounding different three.

The man, retired bid operator named arsenic William M., told constabulary helium had go "depressed" and "suicidal" aft his location was burgled successful 2016, the bureau of the Paris authoritative said connected Sunday.

He admitted that since then, his hatred of foreigners had "become wholly pathological", the connection added.

It said that connected Friday helium archetypal went to Saint-Denis, a high-immigration suburb successful bluish Paris, successful bid to termination "non-Europeans" - but recovered fewer radical there.

He past travelled to the Ahmet-Kaya Kurdish centre successful Paris's 10th district, wherever helium carried retired the attack.

The antheral resented that assemblage due to the fact that Kurdish militiamen progressive successful the Syrian struggle had "taken prisoners during their combat against Islamic State alternatively of sidesplitting them", the prosecutors say.

A adjacent edifice and a hairdresser besides came nether occurrence earlier the antheral was arrested without a fight.

He was detained connected suspicion of murder, attempted murder, and acting with a racist motive.

He has a past of weapons offences and it has emerged that helium was released connected bail days earlier the assault.

Last twelvemonth helium was charged with racist unit implicit a sword onslaught astatine a migrant campy successful the French capital.

The shootings sparked unrest connected Friday and Saturday. Demonstrators started fires successful the streets, smashing car windows and clashing with police.

The unit unfolded aft Kurds had gathered peacefully successful the Place de la République to wage tribute to the victims.

In the aftermath of the shootings, Kurds renewed calls for amended extortion from the French authorities. Community leaders met the Parisian constabulary main connected Saturday.

Friday's onslaught came astir 10 years aft the execution of 3 Kurdish women activists successful the French superior - an unresolved crime.

The assemblage was again "afraid", having been "traumatised" by the January 2013 murders, said a lawyer for the Kurdish antiauthoritarian assembly successful France (CDK-F).