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French anti-terror prosecutor investigates killing of Tunisian national

The suspect, a 53-year-old man who practices shooting as a sport, published what it said was hateful and racist content on his social media account before and after Saturday's killing.

 French military of the Sentinelle Operation and French Police officers stand outside the high school Notre-Dame de Toutes-Aides where a student killed another student and wounded three others in a knife attack, in Nantes, western France, on April 24, 2025.
 France commemorates 13th anniversary of Toulouse school massacre

France commemorates 13th anniversary of Toulouse Jewish school massacre

Paris Olympics 2024 - Arrival of the Olympic Flame in Marseille - Marseille, France - May 8, 2024 French police officers patrol the streets in the Old Port before the arrival of the Olympic flame

Huge manhunt launched in France as gunmen kill two guards, free inmate from prison van

 The Eiffel Tower lights up in white and blue, the colours of the Israeli flag, following Hamas' biggest attack on Israel in years, in Paris, France, October 9, 2023

Hamas war is a battle between radical Islam and democracy -Fmr. French PM


Man dies in Marseille after being shot at time of riots - prosecutor

The man died in the night from July 1 to July 2, while Marseille was engulfed in riots and pillaging.

 Police hold down a young person during the fifth night of protests following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer in Nanterre during a traffic stop, in the Champs Elysees area, in Paris, France, July 2, 2023.

Who was Nahel M., whose shooting by police sparked massive riots in France?

Nahel was shot by police while driving, after police claim he failed to comply with their stop requests.

Residents walk past phrases written on walls of buildings at a neighbourhood where Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager, was killed by a French police officer during a traffic stop, in Nanterre, France, July 2, 2023.

France: 150 arrests in overnight unrest after teenager killed by police

Police clashed with protesters in the northern city of Lille and in Toulouse in the southwest, and there was also unrest in Amiens, Dijon and the Essonne administrative department.

 A vehicle burns during clashes between protesters and police, after the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer during a traffic stop, in Nanterre, Paris suburb, France, June 28, 2023

British girl shot dead in family garden in western France

The family were enjoying a warm evening on Saturday in their garden in the small village of Saint Herbot, near Quimper, when a Dutch neighbor shot at them several times, the prosecutor said.

 French Police car

Police fire on car in Paris, killing two

The shooting took place overnight after Emmanuel Macron was re-elected for a second term as French president on Sunday evening.

French police forensic officers inspect the scene of a shooting on the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris, France, April 25, 2022.

France’s 'most-wanted woman' absent from 2015 Paris attacks trial

The January 2015 attacks in Paris, where no less than 17 people lost their lives, were claimed by the Islamic state.

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Analysis: Strasbourg attack fits previous model of criminal-terror nexus in Europe

The problem appears to be the gap between surveillance of members of the criminal-terrorist extremist nexus, and prosecuting perpetrators for crimes such as acquiring illegal firearms.

French Gendarmes patrol past wooden barracks shops at the traditional Christkindelsmaerik (Christ Child market) closed the day after a shooting in Strasbourg, France, December 12, 2018.

Gunman kills 3 people in French Christmas market, flees

France remains on high alert after a wave of attacks commissioned or inspired by Islamic State militants since early 2015, in which about 240 people have been killed.

Security forces secure area where a suspect is sought after a shooting in Strasbourg, France, December 11, 2018

France remembers Paris terror victims three years after attacks

During a three-day killing spree in January 2015, gunmen killed reporters and illustrators at satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, police officers and shoppers at a Jewish supermarket.

THE STATUE at the Place de la République in Paris is seen featured with a giant cardboard pencil reading ‘I am Charlie’ in 2015 after the attack against the ‘Charlie Hebdo’ magazine

Report: Mother of Toulouse killer received public housing to be near son’s trial

Abdelkadar Merah is accused of helping his younger brother, Mohammed, kill four Jews and three soldiers in 2012.

Zoulikha Aziri, the mother of gunman Islamist militant Mohammed Merah, who killed 7 people in 2012, leaves during the trial of her son Abdelkader Merah, who stands accused of complicity in the series of shootings committed by his brother, at the courthouse in Paris, France, October 2, 2017.

Paris shooting disrupts French election campaigning

Some of the candidates later clashed over whether official campaigning, which has just one more day to run, should be brought to a full stop in light of the attack.

The eleven French presidential election candidates take part in a special political television show entitled "15min to Convince" at the studios of French Television channel France 2 in Saint-Cloud, near Paris