Terror probe launched after person shot dead in suspected Islamophobic attack in Paris

23 Oct 2026 • 11:42 PM MYT
The Independent
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Terror probe launched after person shot dead in suspected Islamophobic attack in Paris

  • One person has been killed and five others injured, including a 12-year-old girl, after a gunman opened fire in the Paris suburbs of Trappes and La Verrière.
  • France's National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's office has launched an investigation, treating the spree as a suspected racially motivated terrorist attack.
  • The suspect was arrested after firing what appeared to be an automatic or military-grade weapon at three separate locations in under 15 minutes.
  • Trappes Mayor Ali Rabeh said the shooter targeted passersby randomly, including at a playground, in what he described as an attempted Islamophobic mass killing.
  • Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez confirmed three of the injured victims remain in a critical condition with life-threatening injuries.

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