Thousands gathered on Friday evening in Trappes, a suburb southwest of Paris, to honour the victims of a shooting attack, a week earlier, where the attacker allegedly targeted Muslim persons and African descent.
The attack, in which one person was killed and seven others injured, has sparked fierce debate in France over racism in politics and the media.
The issue has returned to public opinion several months before the presidential election, Reuters writes, broadcast Dukagojini.
Anti-terrorism prosecutors have announced on Thursday that the 39-year-old suspect, identified as Kevin T, has admitted during the interrogation that he had sought victims of the Muslim, African or North African leader.
Among its personal items has been found a copy of Adolf Hitler’s book, Mein Kampfá, and some stickers with inscriptions mentioning the far – right party National Rally (RN). However, the suspect has declared that he did not support any particular political party.
During the memorial gathering, residents have called for unity and opposition from hate – inspiring ideologies.
It was very important for us to gather because there are people who maintain harmful ideologies like that individual. But there are many, many more people who have good and healthy ideologies and who believe that living together will overcome racism, said Imad, resident of Trappes and head of the local non-governmental organisation Aider).
Even the mayor of the Trappe municipality, Ali Rabeh, has accused the far-right party, National Rally, of promoting the climate of hatred during the ceremony.
Open your eyes. The killer didn’t pick the victims by accident. His hatred came from nowhere. She planted it in his mind, declared Rahab.
Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron, in an interview published Thursday on YouTube, has accused the RN party of contributing to the creation of a climate of racism in France.
This party, led by Marine Le Pen, has dismissed any ties with the assailant.
RN MP Jean-Philippe Tangay has rejected the charges, attributing the responsibility to President Macro.
It’s Macron who has governed France for the past nine years. It is during his mandate that anti – Semitism, homophobic, and hatred have spread to France. He’s in charge of TF1 television.
One Killed and Four Injured by Gunshots in the outskirts of Paris
Source Layer: Dukeagini