PARIS
\nThree people were killed and four injured in a shooting at a Kurdish cultural center in central Paris on Friday, police and prosecutors said, adding that the shooter, in his 60s, had been arrested.
\nThe motives of the gunman were unclear, with two of the four injured left in a serious condition in rue d\u2019Enghien in the trendy 10th arrondissement.
\nThe Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Friday, that the suspected attacker was known to authorities. She added that authorities would examine any possible racist element behind the shooting.
\n\u201cThe shooting took place at a Kurdish community center situated in the Rue d\u2019Enghien as well as at a restaurant facing the Kurdish center and a hairdresser,\u201d Alexandra Cordebard, mayor of the city\u2019s 10th arrondissement, told journalists.
\nThe man was known to French authorities and had attacked a migrant camp one year ago, BFM TV reported. \u201cThe shooter has been arrested with his weapon. The danger is over,\u201d a police source said. \u201cHis motives remain unknown at this stage.\u201d
\nThe shots shortly before midday (1100 GMT) caused panic in the neighborhood, a bustling area of shops, restaurants and bars.
\nResident Emmanuel Boujenan said that the man had been arrested in a hair salon.
\n\u201cThere were people panicking, shouting to the police and pointing to the salon \u2018he\u2019s in there, he\u2019s in there, go in\u2019,\u201d he explained.
\nHe said he saw two people on the floor of the salon with leg wounds.
\nA shopkeeper in the area said on condition of anonymity that she heard seven or eight shots, saying \u201cit was total panic. We locked ourselves inside.\u201d
\nThe Paris prosecutor\u2019s office said an investigation had been opened and that \u201ca man aged between 60 and 70 has been arrested and is in custody.\u201d
\n\u201cHis identity is in the process of being checked,\u201d it added.
\nNews of the shooting set nerves jangling in a city that has been repeatedly targeted by Islamist terror groups since 2015.
\nParis is also the scene of occasional outbreaks of gang violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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