Suspect of the deadly shooting in Trappes (central France) claimed to have acted in response to the unrest during the October 17 demonstrations and the widespread looting[…]When he was arrested[…]the man[…]stated in substance that he had "avenged the shopkeepers" by targeting "Black people and Arabs"[…]
This statement by Kevin T.[…]made to the first responding police officers, is one of the reasons the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) opened an investigation[…]
Initial investigations appeared to show that the shooter, during a chaotic journey between the towns of Trappes and La Verrière, west of Paris, exclusively targeted people who were not White, firing bursts from his car, a Renault Clio, with a submachine gun. A search and seizure of evidence was conducted at his home in nearby Plaisir and continued into the early evening. Le Monde has learned that investigators found a copy of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf[…]
Bomb disposal experts and officers from RAID, the elite unit of the national police, had to be deployed during the search because of the discovery of a booby-trap device in the apartment[…]
In addition to the weapon used in the attack, police also discovered pepper spray, gloves and a substance resembling cocaine – currently being analyzed – in the suspect's vehicle. "A blood test is still underway to determine his toxicological status," the PNAT said in a statement on Saturday. Kevin T.'s criminal record shows four previous convictions for ordinary law offenses

The method of operation, the apparent choice of victims, the suspect's initial statements and the results of the search and seizure of evidence form the basis of the anti-terrorist prosecutor's case for a racist act intended to spread terror among the population[…]
During his deadly rampage, one person – a 26-year-old mixed martial arts practitioner – was killed and five others were wounded, some critically. Among them was a 12-year-old girl who was hit by multiple bullets