8 wounded in France mosque shooting, not terrorism: prosecutor
[MARSEILLE] Eight people were lightly wounded late Sunday in a shooting in front of a mosque in the southeast French city of Avignon, the prosecutor's office said, ruling out terrorism.
According to initial accounts taken on the spot, at least two men got out of a car around 10.30pm near the mosque and opened fire, including with a shotgun, the prosecutor's office said.
None of the wounded had life-threatening injuries, it said.
"From what we know this evening, the mosque was not targeted. The fact that it happened in the street of the religious establishment was unconnected with it," the prosecutor said, ruling out terrorism.
Witness accounts mentioned four men in the car, all hooded.
AFP
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