On the morning of October 23, consecutive shootings took place in Trappe, a western suburb of Paris, and in neighboring La Verrière. A man drove up and opened fire along the road with a submachine gun, killing one man and wounding five others. The deceased was a 26-year-old amateur mixed martial artist, Pango B.-W., and the injured included a 12-year-old girl who was shot several times. After his arrest, suspect Kevin T, 39, claimed that the move was "revenge" for the businesses that were looted during the October 17 demonstration, and targeted "blacks and Arabs." A preliminary investigation shows that he opened fire only on non-whites on the way. The police found Hitler's autobiography "Mein Kampf" and unexploded booby traps in his home. France's National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office took over the investigation, and President Emmanuel Macron characterized the case as a "racist terrorist attack." The leftist camp and the mayor of Trapp Ali Raba bluntly stated that political rhetoric that reduces the conflicts of the demonstrations to minority issues paves the way for street violence. Local residents fear that if the killer is simply classified as mentally disturbed, responsibility for speaking out behind racial hatred may be taken lightly. Click the link to read the full text.

On the morning of October 23, consecutive shootings took place in Trappe, a western suburb of Paris, and in neighboring La Verrière. A man drove up and opened fire along the road with a submachine gun, killing one man and wounding five others. The deceased was a 26-year-old amateur mixed martial artist, Pango B.-W., and the injured included a 12-year-old girl who was shot several times. After his arrest, suspect Kevin T, 39, claimed that the move was "revenge" for the businesses that were looted during the October 17 demonstration, and targeted "blacks and Arabs." A preliminary investigation shows that he opened fire only on non-whites on the way. The police found Hitler's autobiography "Mein Kampf" and unexploded booby traps in his home. France's National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office took over the investigation, and President Emmanuel Macron characterized the case as a "racist terrorist attack." The leftist camp and the mayor of Trapp Ali Raba bluntly stated that political rhetoric that reduces the conflicts of the demonstrations to minority issues paves the way for street violence. Local residents fear that if the killer is simply classified as mentally disturbed, responsibility for speaking out behind racial hatred may be taken lightly. Click the link to read the full text.