The victims were brought to a nearby hospital with serious injuries, while the suspected shooter was later arrested near his home. Sinke stood as a candidate for Marine' le Pen's National Front in 2015 regional elections, according to the official list. President Emmanuel Macron "firmly condemned" what he described as a "heinous" attack. In June this year, a gunman wounded an imam in a shooting at a mosque in the northwestern city of Brest, but police ruled out a terror motive. Mosques were also targeted after the killing of 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in 2015 by Islamist radicals.

Source: The Local October 28, 2019 16:11 UTC