After a man’s fatal attack on Kurdish facilities in Paris, there were also clashes between police and protesters on Saturday. After an initially peaceful protest in the center of the French capital, cars were overturned and set on fire, and rubbish bins were also set on fire. Police officers were attacked with projectiles and officers used tear gas. The situation calmed down in the early evening.
As early as Friday afternoon, there were clashes between an angry mob and the police. Protesters threw objects, set garbage cans on fire and erected barricades. The windows of several passenger cars and police cars were also smashed. Police also used tear gas on Friday.
A Kurdish organization had called for a rally on Republic Square on Saturday. Several hundred people gathered on Saturday. Many held up banners demanding that the crime be solved.
According to prosecutors, a 69-year-old man attacked a Kurdish cultural center and a nearby cafe in Paris’s 10th arrondissement on Friday and shot three people dead. There were also injuries. The alleged perpetrator has been arrested. Authorities say he was only recently released after carrying out a saber attack on a migrant camp in Paris a year ago.
After questioning the suspect, investigators said they added an alleged racial motive to the original charges of murder and gun violence. The former train driver was arrested by the police on the spot and taken to hospital with minor injuries.
According to the Kurdish association CDK-F, the dead are Kurdish activists, including a young woman and a musician. The association accused the Turkish state and its president Recep Tayyip Erdogan of being responsible for the crime.
Source: Krone
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