One person killed in suspected ‘Islamophobic’ shooting near Paris

Antiterrorism prosecutors investigating motive of attack that seriously wounded five, including a 12-year-old girl.

Al Jazeera2026-10-23 16:08查看原文 ↗

Antiterrorism prosecutors investigating motive of attack that seriously wounded five, including a 12-year-old girl.

Police in riot gear during a demonstration by high school students in Paris on October 13, 2026 [Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP]

A gunman has killed one person ⁠⁠and wounded five others, including a 12-year-old girl, in a possible Islamophobic “terrorist crime” in the Paris suburbs, authorities said.

An unidentified 39-year-old male suspect was taken into custody shortly after the attacks in the towns of Trappes and nearby La Verriere outside the capital on Friday.

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Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the suspect fired at a children’s playground, a fuel station and a medical centre, the Reuters news agency reported. Three of the victims, including the 12-year-old girl, suffered life-threatening injuries, he said.

Nunez said the attack lasted less than 15 minutes and that the gunman appeared to have used “a military-grade weapon, or at least an automatic weapon”. Prosecutors were treating it as a “terrorist crime” and investigating whether it was racially or religiously motivated, he said.

Trappes Mayor Ali Rabeh said the gunman “appeared to be firing at random and seemed intent on carrying out a massacre”.

“This was a terrorist attack with racist, likely Islamophobic, overtones,” he said.

Rabeh earlier said two of the victims were of African and North African origins.

French President Emmanuel Macron said national antiterrorism prosecutors had taken over the case.

“Our thoughts go out to the victims, their families, and all the residents of Yvelines. In this terrible ordeal, the Nation stands by their side,” Macron posted on X.

Tension ahead of Saturday protests

Separately, security was tightened ahead of protests that are expected across the country this weekend. Many of the demonstrations have been banned following burning and looting at protests last weekend.

Nunez said France would deploy 70,000 officers nationwide on Saturday, along with helicopters, armoured vehicles and water cannon. In addition, elite police units will help secure public buildings, such as city halls, in a “highly mobile” security operation, he said.

Protests last week caused chaos, with people setting fires, storming public buildings, smashing shop windows, looting and clashing with police, in France’s most violent unrest in years.

Far-right politicians say the government has not cracked down hard enough on protesters, while left-wing groups say the security around demonstrations violates rights.

Demonstrators plan to take to the streets again on Saturday to denounce the high cost of living. Students, members of the Confederation of Labour, a national trade union and activists from the “yellow vest” movement, whose demonstrations against social injustice shook France in 2018 and 2019, are all set to join.

反恐检察官正在调查这起袭击事件的动机，该袭击造成五人重伤，其中包括一名 12 岁女孩。

2026年10月13日，巴黎高中生举行示威游行，防暴警察全副武装。[Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP]

当局称，一名枪手在巴黎郊区造成一人死亡，五人受伤，其中包括一名 12 岁女孩，这可能是一起仇视伊斯兰教的“恐怖主义犯罪”。

周五，首都郊外的特拉普镇和附近的拉韦里耶镇发生袭击事件后不久，一名身份不明的 39 岁男性嫌疑人被拘留。

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据路透社报道，内政部长洛朗·努涅斯表示，嫌疑人向儿童游乐场、加油站和医疗中心开枪。他说，包括一名12岁女孩在内的三名受害者身受重伤，危及生命。

努涅斯表示，袭击持续不到15分钟，枪手似乎使用了“军用级武器，或者至少是自动武器”。他说，检察官正在将此案作为“恐怖主义犯罪”进行调查，并查明其是否出于种族或宗教动机。

特拉普斯市长阿里·拉贝赫表示，枪手“似乎是在随意开枪，而且似乎意图进行一场大屠杀”。

他说：“这是一起带有种族主义和伊斯兰恐惧症色彩的恐怖袭击。”

拉贝赫早些时候表示，两名受害者分别来自非洲和北非。