Shooting in France, terror in the streets: one dead and four injured, a 12-year-old girl involved

The man who opened fire in the street “clearly shot at random and wanted to cause a massacre”, the mayor of Trappes, Ali Rabeh, told Bfmtv, adding that “there were various shootings in different areas of the city”.

Authorities investigating alleged “terrorist” attack. The Prosecutor’s Office announced that it had started investigations into the events of Trappes and La Verrière, speaking of “murder in relation to terrorist activity”.

In a post on X, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, expressed “deep emotion at the attack”. “Our thoughts go to the victims, their families, as well as all the inhabitants of the Yvelines department. In this terrible experience, the nation is at their side.” Macron then expressed “gratitude to our law enforcement agencies who have already arrested the author” and confirming that “the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office” is following the case.