A gunman shot dead three people at a Kurdish cultural center and nearby Kurdish cafe in central Paris on Friday, prompting scores of protesters to take to nearby streets. | Reuters
As evening fell, riot police fired teargas to push back an angry crowd a short distance from the scene of the shootings as projectiles were thrown at officers, rubbish bins and restaurant tables were overturned, and at least one car was damaged.
Juan-Golan Eliberg, an artist who works at the Kurdish center, told Reuters the shooter had targeted Kurds. “It might be shocking for someone who has never had a worry in their life. But we grew up under the threat of arms and bombs, this is how life is for us Kurds,” he continued. Reuters was not immediately able to contact the suspect’s representatives. BFM TV reported the suspect was a French national.
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