One killed and four injured in Trappes shooting

A shooting in Trappes, west of Paris, killed one person and injured four others on October 23, and police arrested a suspect who remains in custody, authorities said. The motive was unclear, while prosecutors opened an investigation into the shooting as a suspected terrorist attack, according to local prosecutors. Police said a man fired shots from a vehicle in Trappes and neighbouring La Verrière. The shooting occurred around 10:30 a.m., according to police accounts reported by local media. The suspect was arrested in nearby Coignières, police said. Reports identified the area as part of Yvelines, west of the French capital. The casualty toll was reported as one dead and four injured. Trappes mayor Ali Rabeh said one of those injured was a 12-year-old girl. He described the gunman as appearing to fire randomly and seeming intent on carrying out a massacre. Those characterizations were attributed to the mayor and were not presented as findings by investigators. French prosecutors said they were treating the case as a suspected terrorist attack. Police, however, said the motive remained unclear. The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office was monitoring the situation, Prime...