Kurdish organizations took to the streets of the French capital near its cultural center to take part in demonstrations following the December 23 shooting that left three dead.
On December 23, there was a shooting in Paris. As a result, three people died and another four were injured. The victims were Kurdish. The 69-year-old attacker, whose motives are unknown, was arrested. French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin maintained that the attacker acted on his behalf. The country’s president, Emmanuel Macron, described the shooting as an “abominable attack”.
However, the Kurdish Democratic Council of France (CDK-F), which brings together 24 associations of the Kurdish diaspora throughout France, classified the shooting as a terrorist attack.
Soon after, Kurdish protesters clashed with local police, throwing stones at officers, erecting barricades and burning containers. In addition, the Kurdish groups called for this new demonstration, to express their repudiation of the events.
In this background, the BFMTV chain reported that 12 police officers were injured in clashes with the Kurdish community.
“This morning, the number of police officers injured in clashes rose from five to twelve. These data are definitive,” the newspaper said.
Heavy clashes broke out between the Kurdish community and the Parisian police, who used tear gas.
