Suspect in racist gun attack near Paris transferred to psychiatric unit
A shooter suspected of killing one person and wounding five others on Friday in the town of Trappes, near Paris, has had his police custody suspended for a…
According to France 24, a shooter suspected of killing one person and wounding five others on Friday in the town of Trappes, near Paris, has had his police custody suspended for a 48-hour psychiatric observation, anti-terror prosecutors said Sunday.
The 39-year-old man is believed to have had racist motivations behind the gun attack as most of the victims had foreign origins.
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