A shooting happens near Paris on Friday. A 39 year old man shoots from a car. This happens around 10:30 in the west of Paris. He shoots at people in 3 places. One person dies in the attack. 4 other people are hurt. A 12 year old child is also among them.
The police catch the shooter fast. He is in the town of Coignières. The man uses an automatic weapon. He shoots in the towns of Trappes and La Verrière. The mayor of Trappes says: The man wants to kill many people. He picks his victims without a plan.
The anti-terror prosecution investigates now. It thinks it is a terror act. There is a suspicion of racism. This means: He shoots maybe because of the origin of the victims. The victims have roots in Africa. The interior minister Laurent Nuñez says: It is a heavy crime.
