France: Prosecutors open a terror investigation after a Tunisian man was killed

after the shooting of 45-year-old Tunisian Ishmam Miawi Bruno the French interior minister headed for the Tunisian embassy in Paris to pay his respects and show solidarity with the community on Monday night he condemned the killing one prosecutors are treating as racially motivated racism is poison and we can see that it kills every act of racism is an act against France because France is the French Republic the republic does not discriminate on the basis of origin skin color or religion is known for his hardline positions on issues like immigration and the leader of the Socialist Party accused him on Tuesday of feeding an atmosphere of racism day in day out this is the second anti-Muslim killing to rock France in just 6 weeks and a lawyer representing the victim’s family spoke damningly of the political climate in the country it feels like we’re watching pyromaniac firefighters putting out fires they themselves have started i’m not fixating on Bruno but they aren’t fooling anyone when it comes to the context and the political climate that reign in France today the crime took place at this residence in the south of France on Saturday night a 53-year-old French national opened fire on two of his neighbors the first Ishmam died immediately hit by five bullets the second a Turkish national was wounded and taken to hospital police arrested the suspect finding an automatic pistol and a pump-action shotgun in his car he was believed to be a gun enthusiast as attested by photos on his Facebook page at the time of the murder he posted two videos in which he called on French people to rise up and shoot at North Africans the case has been taken over by the counterterrorism bureau and the suspect has been held for questioning

Prosecutors in France have opened a terror investigation after a Tunisian man was shot dead by his neighbour in the region of Var in southern France..

The suspect has posted two racist videos online and fled the scene of the crime in a car, but was arrested after their partner alerted the police. The investigation was initially being handled by regional prosecutors, but was taken over by anti-terror prosecutors. The 54 year old also badly wounded a Turkish man. Antonia Kerrigan reports.
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