3 dead in Kurdish center shooting in Paris; suspect arrested.
PARIS — A shooting targeting a Kurdish cultural center in a bustling Paris neighborhood Friday left three people dead and three others wounded, authorities said. A 69-year-old suspect was wounded and arrested.
Nearby residents and merchants were deeply rattled by the attack, which came as Paris is buzzing with festive activity before the Christmas weekend. A construction worker who was on a job nearby described seeing the assailant go first to the cultural center, then to the restaurant and then the hairdresser. The construction worker said he saw the assailant injure three people, then two passersby intervened and stopped the attacker.
Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said three people hit in the shooting have died, one is in critical condition and two others are hospitalized with less serious injuries. The attacker was also wounded in the face, she said. In the attack on migrants, the suspect wielded a saber and wounded some people in a makeshift camp, said Yann Monzi of aid group Utopia 54.
After Friday’s shooting, he said, “We do not at all feel protected in Paris. ... We don’t feel defended by the French justice system.”
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