https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A 69-year-old gunman who opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre and a hairdressing salon in Paris on Friday was deliberately seeking out foreigners, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. The French PM described the shooting as an "odious attack". https://www.thelocal.fr/20221223/odious-attack-paris-gunman-clearly-targeted-foreigners-french-minister-says Fri, 23 Dec 2022 18:14:45 +0100 odious-attack-paris-gunman-clearly-targeted-foreigners-french-minister-says A 69-year-old gunman opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre and hairdressing salon in central Paris on Friday, killing three people and injuring three others, witnesses and prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20221223/breaking-several-injured-after-pensioner-opens-fire-in-paris Fri, 23 Dec 2022 13:42:46 +0100 breaking-several-injured-after-pensioner-opens-fire-in-paris The Greek Orthodox priest shot last week in the French city of Lyon was the victim of a jealous husband rather than an Islamic terrorist, Le Parisien reported on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201108/greek-orthodox-priest-shot-in-lyon-victim-of-jealous-husband Sun, 08 Nov 2020 09:19:32 +0100 greek-orthodox-priest-shot-in-lyon-victim-of-jealous-husband Five suspects appeared in court Friday in connection with a gangland shooting in southern France last month in which two criminals and an innocent bystander were killed, prosecutors in Marseille told AFP. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190831/man-charged-for-marseilles-gang-shooting-that-left-three-dead Sat, 31 Aug 2019 10:48:53 +0200 man-charged-for-marseilles-gang-shooting-that-left-three-dead A waiter at a restaurant near Paris was shot dead by a customer angry at having to wait for a sandwich, a source close to the case said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190817/man-shot-waiter-dead-in-paris-because-too-slow-with-sandwich Sat, 17 Aug 2019 16:19:26 +0200 man-shot-waiter-dead-in-paris-because-too-slow-with-sandwich French police were searching on Monday for gunmen who killed three people in southern France, including an innocent bystander, in a shooting believed to be drug gang related, officials said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190729/french-police-hunt-gunmen-who-killed-three-including-bystander Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:28:02 +0200 french-police-hunt-gunmen-who-killed-three-including-bystander An Azerbaijani journalist forced into exile in France was seriously wounded and his wife was killed on Friday in a gun attack near the southern city of Toulouse, police said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180330/exiled-azerbaijani-journalist-shot-and-wife-murdered-near-toulouse Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:30:35 +0200 exiled-azerbaijani-journalist-shot-and-wife-murdered-near-toulouse Police in Spain shot and injured an unarmed Frenchman on Saturday at a toll station near the French border, who officers said was shouting 'Allahu akbar'. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171119/spanish-police-shoot-frenchman-who-shouted-allahu-akbar Sun, 19 Nov 2017 09:16:43 +0100 spanish-police-shoot-frenchman-who-shouted-allahu-akbar One person was shot dead and six others injured, two seriously, when a gunman opened fire in the southern French city of Toulouse late Monday, a local source said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170704/shooting-in-toulouse-leaves-one-dead-and-several-injured Tue, 04 Jul 2017 10:30:09 +0200 shooting-in-toulouse-leaves-one-dead-and-several-injured The father of the gunman who killed a policeman in an attack on Paris's Champs Elysees this month was arrested after turning up drunk at a police station and threatening officers, a source close to the case said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170430/champs-elysees-attackers-father-threatens-french-police Sun, 30 Apr 2017 12:05:54 +0200 champs-elysees-attackers-father-threatens-french-police A 16-year-old boy who opened fire at his school in southern France, slightly wounding four fellow pupils and a teacher, was on Saturday charged over the attack, along with an alleged accomplice. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170319/teens-charged-over-southern-france-school-shooting Sun, 19 Mar 2017 08:29:33 +0100 teens-charged-over-southern-france-school-shooting Police in the south of France have arrested the best friend of the teenager who opened fire at his school on Thursday, injuring 14 people. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170317/french-police-hunt-high-school-shooters-best-friend Fri, 17 Mar 2017 16:32:19 +0100 french-police-hunt-high-school-shooters-best-friend French high school headteacher Hervé Pizzinat is being hailed as a hero after his role in stopping a teenage gunman who opened fire in a school in the south of France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170317/hero-french-headteacher-hailed-for-preventing-school-carnage Fri, 17 Mar 2017 10:50:11 +0100 hero-french-headteacher-hailed-for-preventing-school-carnage Eight people were injured in a shooting at a high school in southern France on Thursday, a shooting that triggered a terror alert. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170316/teenager-held-after-opening-fire-at-high-school-in-south-of-france Thu, 16 Mar 2017 17:35:09 +0100 teenager-held-after-opening-fire-at-high-school-in-south-of-france A 17-year-old pupil has been arrested after opening fire at his high school in the south of France, injuring several people and sparking a terror alert. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170316/several-injured-in-shooting-at-school-in-southern-france Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:21:47 +0100 several-injured-in-shooting-at-school-in-southern-france Recent shocking terror attacks in France have encouraged many to try to get hold of their own firearms, new figures reveal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161104/french-look-to-arm-themselves-after-attacks Fri, 04 Nov 2016 18:12:16 +0100 french-look-to-arm-themselves-after-attacks A man aged in his 60s opened fire outside a supermarket to the west of Paris on Monday, seriously injuring two people. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160926/man-in-70s-wounds-two-in-french-supermarket-shooting Mon, 26 Sep 2016 17:38:15 +0200 man-in-70s-wounds-two-in-french-supermarket-shooting Six Czech tourists were injured when their bus was hit by gunfire while travelling through southeastern France, a prosecutor said today. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160605/bus-carrying-czech-tourists-hit-by-gunfire-in-france Sun, 05 Jun 2016 20:46:26 +0200 bus-carrying-czech-tourists-hit-by-gunfire-in-france Three men were killed in a suspected gang shooting in southern France on Saturday, sources said, taking to eight the number who have died in gang violence in the city this year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160403/three-dead-in-marseille-gang Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:59:07 +0200 three-dead-in-marseille-gang A young man and two teenagers were killed overnight on Sunday in a shoot-out in the southern French city of Marseille, known for its violent drug wars, a police source said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151025/three-dead-in-marseille-shooting Sun, 25 Oct 2015 16:39:36 +0100 three-dead-in-marseille-shooting