Thousands of Protesters in Marseille Demonstrate Against Racism
- On Monday, thousands gathered in Paris, Lyon, and Marseille to condemn a suspected racist terrorist attack that killed one person and wounded five others in Trappes and La Verrière on Friday.
- The attack occurred on Friday when a 39-year-old gunman opened fire with a machine gun in Trappes and neighboring La Verrière, killing amateur MMA fighter Pengo Bossio Wangi and injuring five others, including a 12-year-old girl.
- Protesters organized by SOS Racisme and the Human Rights League carried placards reading "the far right kills," while Lyon Mayor Grégory Doucet stated, "We must refuse to let hatred become an opinion like any other."
- Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure and 2027 presidential candidate Raphaël Glucksmann joined the Paris gathering, while Jean-Luc Mélenchon addressed attendees in La Courneuve, saying he felt "rage" over the attack.
- Prosecutors are investigating the shootings as a suspected racist terrorist attack, with the 39-year-old suspect arrested shortly after in Coignières and now held in a police psychiatric unit.
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After the apparently racially motivated attacks in France, people are taking to the streets in Paris. Many see right-wing media as being responsible - and the racial model National. By Carolin Dylla.
Thousands of protesters gathered at Stalingrad Square in Paris to repudiate racism and warn of the far-right advance during the election campaign.The mobilization responded to the shooting attack in Trappes and La Verrière that left a dead man and five wounded.
The perpetrator, who was arrested and placed under psychiatric observation, shot 128 times at people of African descent, resulting in the death of Pengo Bosio Wangi and the injury of an 11-year-old girl and six others.
Monday evening, in Paris, Toulouse or Vénissieux, thousands of people came to say their fear and emotion after the death of Pengo Bossio Wangi. Sometimes, as in Paris, in two places and with different visions between political leaders and militant collectives.
The signatories establish a link between this attack and the media treatment of the day of demonstration on 17 October, marked by numerous looting and degradation. They call for a minute of silence in the National Assembly in tribute to Pengo Bossio Wangi, killed by the assailant.
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