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One person was killed and another injured when gunfire erupted outside a hospital in Paris on Monday, police told dpa.
Prosecutors are investigating the case as murder and attempted murder. The shooter was still on the run by the late afternoon.
It was assumed to be some kind of settling of accounts, not a terrorist attack or an attack on the Covid-19 vaccination centre, which was also located there, said Francis Szpiner, the borough’s mayor.
The incident took place in front of the Henry Dunant hospital in the 16th district in the south-west of the capital.
According to initial information, the victim who died was a man and the injured woman was a member of the security staff. She is said to have been seriously wounded.
According to the mayor, the victim was targeted several times by the perpetrator. The woman was probably hit by a stray bullet. The suspect fled on a scooter or motorbike.
The geriatric hospital is located near the Porte de Saint-Cloud. It is also currently home to a vaccination centre against Covid-19.
“I heard a bang, and I saw a guy in a hood firing a bullet, and I saw a guy on the ground,” BFM TV quoted the manager of a restaurant located across the street from the scene as saying.
The attacker shot at the victim at close range, then got on his vehicle and drove away, he said. TV pictures showed that the area around the hospital was cordoned off.
Paris
One person was killed and another injured when gunfire erupted outside a hospital in Paris on Monday, police told dpa.
Prosecutors are investigating the case as murder and attempted murder. The shooter was still on the run by the late afternoon.
It was assumed to be some kind of settling of accounts, not a terrorist attack or an attack on the Covid-19 vaccination centre, which was also located there, said Francis Szpiner, the borough’s mayor.
The incident took place in front of the Henry Dunant hospital in the 16th district in the south-west of the capital.
According to initial information, the victim who died was a man and the injured woman was a member of the security staff. She is said to have been seriously wounded.
According to the mayor, the victim was targeted several times by the perpetrator. The woman was probably hit by a stray bullet. The suspect fled on a scooter or motorbike.
The geriatric hospital is located near the Porte de Saint-Cloud. It is also currently home to a vaccination centre against Covid-19.
“I heard a bang, and I saw a guy in a hood firing a bullet, and I saw a guy on the ground,” BFM TV quoted the manager of a restaurant located across the street from the scene as saying.
The attacker shot at the victim at close range, then got on his vehicle and drove away, he said. TV pictures showed that the area around the hospital was cordoned off.
