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A group of the PKK anti-terrorist organization attacked the police at the place where a French citizen killed 3 people and wounded 3 people with firearms, and damaged cars and shops on the street.

According to Le Parisien, a French citizen opened fire on people around him on rue Enghien in the 10th arrondissement of the capital. According to preliminary data, as a result of the attack, 3 people were killed, 3 people were injured, one seriously.

A Paris police statement said a man was arrested at the scene of the attack. The statement called for the intervention of rescue teams and the evacuation of the area for security reasons.

So far, there has been no official statement about the purpose of the attack.

Paris prosecutor Laura Becco said 3 people were killed and 3 people were injured, one seriously. Bekko announced that an investigation had been launched into the attack.

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne also congratulated the police officers who caught the attacker, expressing her condolences to those who died in the attack. Born confirmed that an investigation had been launched into the incident.

“It is impossible to say what exactly the Kurds were targeted”

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, who arrived at the scene, said that there was no exact information about the right-wing extremism of the attacker. “Although the attacker deliberately targeted foreigners, it cannot be said that they specifically targeted the Kurds,” Darmanin said. said.

Stating that during his time at the Ministry of Internal Affairs there were 9 incidents of far-right motivation and 11 far-right associations were closed, Darmanin said that there was no evidence that the attacker was connected to any of them.

Noting that clearer information will be provided in the coming hours as a result of the ongoing judicial investigation, Darmanin recalled that 3 people died and 3 were injured in the attack.

Supporters of the terrorist organization PKK attacked the police

On the other hand, after Darmanin’s speech, a pro-PKK terrorist group, claiming that the attack in front of a building known as the Ahmet Kaya Cultural Center in Strasbourg Saint-Denis in Paris, was directed against the Kurds, attacked the police in the area and damaged cars and shops on st. Police responded to the attackers with tear gas.

The attackers, who during the events chanted slogans in support of the terrorist organization PKK, carried pennants symbolizing the terrorist organization.

The attacker also attacked the immigration center in front of

It was reported in the French press that the 69-year-old assailant was a retired French citizen from the official French railway company SNCF.

The news indicated that earlier in 2016 and 2021, the attacker had attempted to kill, according to police, and in December 2021, he attacked an immigration center in Paris with a sword and wounded 2 people. Recall that for this reason the attacker was imprisoned and released from prison in December of this year.

Macron: French Kurds targeted in treacherous attack in central Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron said in a statement on his Twitter account: “The Kurds of France have been the target of a treacherous attack in the center of Paris. Our hearts are with the victims and those who are fighting for their families and loved ones.” He congratulated the French police who intervened in the attacker.

Supporters of the terrorist organization PKK, protesting against the terrorist attack in Paris, attacked the police in Athens

In Athens, the capital of Greece, the pro-terrorist group PKK attacked the police in protest of an armed attack that killed 3 people in France.

A group of a terrorist organization that supports the PKK, claiming they were attacked in front of a building known as the Ahmet Kaya Cultural Center in Strasbourg Saint-Denis in Paris, has gathered in front of the French embassy in Athens.

Members of the group attacked the police officers with rags symbolizing a terrorist organization and objects that they had in their hands.

The police stopped the attackers with sonic bombs.

4 arrests in Marseille

Meanwhile, after the attack in Paris, about 150 PKK supporters from the terrorist organization gathered in front of the Bouches-du-Rhone regional government building in the southern French city of Marseille.

In a clash between the police and a group with rags symbolizing a terrorist organization, 4 policemen were slightly injured. The police, who detained 4 protesters, dispersed the demonstrators.