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July 2017 Avignon Mosque Shooting
Topic Started: Jul 2 2017, 07:28 PM (20 Views)
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.....monitoring reports of a shooting outside a mosque in Avignon, France.....
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(The Independent) Shots were fired outside a mosque in south France, leaving at least eight injured, according to French media reports.

Two men in a Renault Clio opened fire outside the place of worship in the city of Avignon, reported La Provence.

Crowds were leaving the mosque when the two men, one said to be carrying a pistol, the other a handgun, arrived at the scene.

One reportedly climbed out of the vehicle before launching the attack. The crowd dispersed and police are searching for the men.

A girl of seven years old had minor injuries. Police said they have ruled out a terrorist motive and suggested it could be related to a quarrel or revenge attack.
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The Guardian: Eight Wounded In "Non-Terrorist" Mosque Shooting

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Eight people were wounded in a shooting in front of a mosque in the southern French city of Avignon in an incident police consider to be a settling of scores rather than terror-related, a source close to the investigation said on Monday.

Two of the eight wounded were hospitalised after the incident, according to the source, who also said worshippers leaving the mosque had not been the intended target.

La Provence regional newspaper, which first reported the incident, cited a judicial source as saying police are “not at all treating it as terrorist related” and suspected instead a dispute between youths.

The newspaper also cited witnesses as saying that one of two gunmen with their faces covered had fired shots around at 10.30pm as people were coming out of the mosque before the two fled the scene.

Four people were wounded outside the mosque while a family of four in their apartment 50 metres away were hit by shrapnel, La Provence said.

The incident comes after a man was arrested on Thursday after trying to drive a car into a crowd in front of a mosque in the Paris suburb of Creteil in an incident in which no one was injured.

France is on high security alert following a series of militant attacks in recent years.
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