France: Riots reported in Paris over racist shooting protests

The author of the shooting registered yesterday, Friday, which killed three people in the Kurdish community Parisconfessed to the authorities that he acted out of racism.

Prosecutor’s office Parisinvestigating the facts, included exacerbation of racism in the allegations against the detainee, a 69-year-old man who is currently charged with murder, attempted murder, voluntary violence and violation of the rules for possession of weapons.

French investigators have not yet classified the terrorist nature of the action, which for Kurdish organizations France This is obvious.” In this regard, the said community organized protests in the French capital, which today led to clashes with Policeman.

“I wanted to kill the Kurds”

The author of the events during the arrest admitted that he acted out of “racism” and indicated that he wanted to “kill the Kurds.”

“How many have I killed?” he asked the agents who had handcuffed him at the barbershop near the Kurdish cultural center where he had carried out the massacre.

This action prompted Kurdish associations in Paris to feel threatened by what they saw as a “politically motivated terrorist act”.

representatives Kurdish Democratic Committee in France (CDKF) were received yesterday by the Prefect of Paris, Laurent Nunezand Minister of Justice Eric Dupont-Morettiin an apparent attempt by the authorities to ease tensions.

However, this did not stop members of the Kurdish community yesterday from throwing objects at law enforcement officers. In addition, they called for a mass demonstration to date in the center of Paris.

protest and violence

Thousands of people gathered today in the Plaza de la República in the capital, located a few meters from the shooting site, with flags Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and with photographs of their leader, Abdullah Ocalan.

They also carried portraits of three Kurdish militants murdered in cold blood by a Turkish activist nearly a decade ago in a location very close to the site of Friday’s shooting.

Tensions escalated in nearby streets, and some protesters began to confront law enforcement who were present to provide security.

Despite security intervention CDKFthe situation worsened, street furniture was damaged, several cars were overturned, containers and other objects were set on fire, and the windows of several shops were smashed.

Excited demonstrators threw objects at the agents, who responded by firing tear gas, enveloping the sector in a thick fog.

More than a dozen detainees

Security intervention CDKF This was key to resolving the situation, which resulted in medical services treating eleven detainees, 31 injured agents and one protester, according to the prefecture’s balance sheet.

Despite the incidents, for the most part the demonstration proceeded calmly. The tension reflects the dissatisfaction of the Kurds in France with the lack of protection they say they have in the country.

In his opinion, the investigation into the murder of three Kurdish militants in the neck in January 2013 was closed falsely, and now they believe that justice is wrong, not considering this Friday’s shooting terrorist.

“We have no doubts about the political and terrorist nature of these killings, and we asked for a review of their qualifications,” the spokesman said. CDFKAgit Polat.

“The classification of crimes is in accordance with the judges, we are in a state of law,” replied the Minister of Justice, who received the Kurdish representatives and admitted to committing a crime this Friday.France in mourning”.

(As reported by EFE)