Europe · Saturday, 24 October 2026
Gunman kills one, wounds five in Paris suburb shooting; Élysée calls it a ‘racist, terrorist attack’
A gunman opened fire from his car in the Paris suburbs of Trappes and La Verrière on Friday, killing one person and wounding five others, including a 12-year-old girl. The Élysée Palace called it a “racist, terrorist attack” and Trappes mayor Ali Rabeh said it was “objectively racist, probably Islamophobic”; prosecutors opened a terrorism investigation. A 39-year-old suspect was arrested nearby in Coignières carrying a submachine gun and tear-gas grenades.