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| A 69-year-old man was taken into custody on Friday after he opened fire at a Kurdish community center and at other targets in central Paris, killing at least two people, the French authorities said. | |
| Four other people were wounded in the shooting, two of them seriously, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office, in the attack shortly before noon on Rue d’Enghien, a narrow street in the 10th Arrondissement of the French capital. | |
| Alexandra Cordebard, mayor of the 10th Arrondissement, told reporters that shots had been fired at a restaurant and at a hair salon as well as at the Kurdish community center and that the gunman had been taken to the hospital after being lightly injured. | |
| “We don’t know exactly what his motivations were,” she said. | |
| Gérald Darmanin, the French interior minister, said on Twitter that the gunman had been arrested. The prosecutor’s office said that the identity of the suspect was still being verified, adding that it had opened a murder investigation. | |
| The Paris police prefecture advised residents to avoid the area, citing an ongoing operation. | The Paris police prefecture advised residents to avoid the area, citing an ongoing operation. |
| One witness, who was identified only as Ali, told the BFMTV news channel that he had been walking down the street when he heard gunfire and turned around. | |
| “We saw people running left and right,” he said. He then entered the nearby hair salon, where three people were wounded, he told the news channel. | |
| Emmanuel Grégoire, deputy mayor of Paris, said on Twitter that a “gun attack” had occurred but did not elaborate. “We are talking with the police prefecture and with the prosecutor’s office to understand what happened,” Mr. Grégoire posted. | Emmanuel Grégoire, deputy mayor of Paris, said on Twitter that a “gun attack” had occurred but did not elaborate. “We are talking with the police prefecture and with the prosecutor’s office to understand what happened,” Mr. Grégoire posted. |
| Anne Hidalgo, the Paris mayor, thanked the police on Twitter for their “decisive response this morning during the terrible attack in the 10th” and expressed her condolences for the victims. | |
| Ms. Cordebard said that there had been no particular security measures in place at or near the Kurdish community center. | |
| “This neighborhood lives in perfect harmony, with a mix of communities living together,” she said. |