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Shooting outside Paris adds to tensions on eve of mega protests

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
October 23, 2026 • 05:09 PM
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Investigators are probing whether a shooting that left one man dead and a 12-year-old girl among the wounded was a race-based terror attack.

Shooting outside Paris adds to tensions on eve of mega protests

Paris | A mass shooting west of Paris in a possible race-based terror attack has left France further on edge ahead of massive anti-government protests planned for Saturday.

French politics has been gripped in a law and order debate for the past week after riots and looting broke out in Paris and other major cities following massive demonstrations over rising living costs and deteriorating quality of education for students.

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