Paris shooter says he acted because he was 'racist'

Paris (AFP) - The 69-year-old suspected of killing three people Friday near a Kurdish cultural center in Paris told an arresting policeman that he did so because he was "a racist," a source close to the file said Saturday.

The source stated that the suspect, who was seized before the police intervened, was arrested with a "small bag" containing "two or three magazines full of cartridges, and a box of 45-caliber cartridges containing at least 25 cartridges," confirming information published by the French weekly "Le Journal du Dimanche." ".