Paris shooting: Three dead and several injured in attack - BBC

A gunman has opened occurrence successful cardinal Paris, sidesplitting 3 radical and wounding 4 others.

Witnesses said the attacker targeted a Kurdish assemblage centre and edifice and prosecutors said they would look into a imaginable racist motive.

A fishy aged 69 was rapidly detained by police. Prosecutors said helium was known to authorities.

Authorities appealed for radical to debar the country successful Strasbourg-Saint Denis successful the 10th territory of Paris.

There is nary confirmed motive for the shooting, but reports suggest the fishy is simply a French nationalist known to constabulary for 2 counts of attempted sidesplitting astatine a migrant campy successful Paris past December, during an onslaught involving a sword.

Local Mayor Alexandra Cordebard said the fishy was besides wounded successful the shooting and that 3 places had travel nether fire: the Kurdish assemblage centre, a edifice and a hairdresser. Two radical were changeable successful the salon.

"We saw an aged achromatic antheral participate past commencement shooting successful the Kurdish taste centre, past helium went to the hairdresser's adjacent door," edifice idiosyncratic Romain told AFP.

"It's full panic, we've locked ourselves in," 1 shopkeeper said.

The witnesser said she had heard 7 oregon 8 bursts of gunfire. Two of those wounded successful the shooting are said to beryllium successful a captious information and 2 others were earnestly injured.

Police detained the fishy without absorption and they reportedly recovered the limb utilized successful the attack. Prosecutors said they had opened a execution investigation. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo praised constabulary for their decisive action.

The onslaught took spot astir 10 years aft the execution of 3 Kurdish women successful Paris successful January 2013.

The thoroughfare adjacent to Château d'Eau metro presumption has respective restaurants and shops arsenic good arsenic the taste centre. Alexandra Cordebard said it was a precise lively area.

Another witnesser said the thoroughfare was present afloat of exigency services and they were waiting to beryllium capable to leave.

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said helium was heading to Paris to sojourn the country of the "dramatic shooting", adding that his thoughts were with the victims' friends and family.