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| 2 injured in French mosque shooting, 80yo suspect arrested | |
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| Two people were wounded by gunfire outside a mosque in the French town of Bayonne. Police have arrested a suspect, reportedly a military veteran in his eighties. | |
| The man allegedly drove onto the grounds of the mosque at around 3pm on Monday afternoon and shot two people. They were taken to Bayonne hospital. The man also used an incendiary device to set a car on fire, local authorities said. | |
| Police told France Bleu Radio that they arrested the suspect near his home in nearby Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx, where they found a gun and gas cylinder in his car, and grenades inside the property. | |
| The suspect is believed to be a military veteran in his eighties and reportedly has cancer. His motives are unclear at this point. | |
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