Protesters have clashed with police as they call for justice over the killing of three people in a Kurdish neighbourhood in Paris, reports The Guardian.
Several hundred representatives of France’s Kurdish community gathered at Republic Square on Saturday to demand answers over the killings, which they say have left the community afraid.
Footage showed some of the protesters holding flags and others throwing items at police, who used teargas to disperse the crowd.
The people were killed on Friday when a gunman opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre, the Ahmet-Kaya centre, on Rue d’Enghien in the 10th arrondissement. Shots were also fired at a hairdresser’s and a restaurant in the street. Three people were wounded, one critically.
Police arrested a 69-year-old man who the authorities said had recently been released from detention while awaiting trial for a sabre attack on a refugee camp in Paris a year ago.
The Kurdish Democratic Council in France (CDK-F) put a callout on its website and social media for people to gather from midday at la place de la République, a traditional venue for demonstrations in the capital.
Hours earlier there were clashes between police and people who had gathered at the scene of the attack.
The Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau has said the investigation would look into possible racist motives, but Kurdish representatives say the incident should be regarded as a terrorist attack.