Suspect in ‘racist’ Paris shooting transferred to psychiatric unit, as Kurdish protesters clash with police
- The 69-year-old white man had been found with a case loaded with a box of at least 25 cartridges and ‘two or three loaded magazines’
- The shooting has revived the trauma of three unresolved murders of Kurds in 2013 that many blame on Turkey
A French man suspected of killing three people in a “racist” attack at a Kurdish cultural centre in Paris has been transferred to a psychiatric unit, prosecutors said, as police and demonstrators clashed in the French capital.
Prosecutors said the 69-year-old white suspect had been removed from custody for health reasons on Saturday and taken to a police psychiatric facility.
The shots at the cultural centre and a nearby hairdressing salon on Friday sparked panic in the city’s bustling 10th district, home to several shops and restaurants and a large Kurdish population.
Three others were wounded in the attack that the suspect told investigators was attributable to his being “racist”, a source close to the case said.
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Shooting at Paris Kurdish cultural centre kills 3, protesters clash with police
The Paris prosecutor said a doctor examined the suspect’s health on Saturday afternoon and deemed it “not compatible with the measure of custody”.
