Paris suburb shooting suspect targeted people of Muslim or African appearance, prosecutor says
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Anti-racism demonstrations were held in the days following the attack A man suspected of a deadly shooting near Paris last week has admitted targeting people of "Muslim, African or North African" appearance, prosecutors say.
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A man was killed and seven people including a child were injured last Friday when an attacker opened fire as he drove through two western suburbs.
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On Thursday the suspect was charged with murder and attempted murder in connection with a terrorist enterprise, the national anti-terrorism prosecutor's office (PNAT) said.
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President Emmanuel Macron called it a "racist terrorist attack" and anti-racism demonstrations have been held around France.
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Pengo Bossio Wangi, a 26-year-old French-Congolese martial artist, was killed in the shooting.
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Three of those wounded were still in hospital with one in critical condition, terrorism prosecutor Olivier Christen told reporters.
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The suspect, named in French media as 39-year-old Kevin T, chose Trappes and nearby La Verrière because he saw them as a "hotbed for Islamists", he said.
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Kevin T had denied any "terrorist intent", insisted his actions were "legitimate" and said he "feels no regret", Christen said.
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Police found "weapons or weapon components" in the suspect's home as well as books including a Quran, a Bible and Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf and stickers celebrating the hard-right National Rally (RN) party, Christen said.
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Kevin T told investigators that he had designed the stickers with slogans such as "long live France, RN, proud to be French" himself and had them printed more than a year ago, Christen said.
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But the suspect also told investigators he was not a member or supporter of any political party.
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On Wednesday Macron said that "certain political movements on the far right" including the RN and "those close to them" had allowed a climate of racism "to take root".
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Jean-Philippe Tanguy, a prominent RN lawmaker, retorted that it was the president himself who had allowed "hateful ideologies" to flourish.
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France's presidential elections is six months away and RN leader Marine Le Pen is currently leading opinion polls.
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Deadly shooting near Paris is a 'racist terrorist attack', Macron says
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