MOSCOW, Dec 24 a year-old man who fired in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, which killed three Kurdish activists, Agence France-Presse reports, citing the prosecutor.
«The doctor, who examined the suspect late this evening, said that the state of health of this person is incompatible with a measure of restraint in the form of detention,» the prosecutor's agency quotes.
As noted, the preventive measure in the form of detention has been canceled until his health improves. At the moment, the man was taken to a psychiatric hospital under the police.
On Friday, a 69-year-old man opened fire on the street near the cultural center of the Kurds in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, he was detained. As a result of the shooting, three people were killed, two of the victims are in critical condition, and two more are in a state of moderate severity. According to a representative of the Kurdish community, three Kurdish activists were killed. The Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation into the murder case.
According to media reports, the shooter admitted that he planned to attack the Kurdish community and that his actions were caused by racial hatred.
Thousands of Kurds took to the Place de la République in Paris on Saturday to protest the shooting in the 10th arrondissement of the capital that killed three Kurdish activists on Friday. They consider the incident a terrorist attack against the Kurdish community. Protesters believe Turkey is behind the shooting.
The demonstration quickly turned into clashes with the police. Protesters smashed bus stops, overturned cars, set fire to furniture, garbage cans and broke cobblestones from the pavement, and then threw them at the police. Law enforcement officers repeatedly used tear gas to disperse the crowd. Several people were injured in the clashes.