Gunman kills one and wounds five in Trappes near Paris; Macron says shooting was racially motivated

Summary

A gunman killed one person and wounded five others, including a 12-year-old girl, in Trappes, a town outside Paris. Channel NewsAsia reports the attack is suspected to be a racist terrorist attack. The Financial Times reports the gunman was arrested in Trappes after what it describes as a 'murderous rampage', and that Macron says the shooting was racially motivated. ABC News reports, citing the victim's club, that the man killed was an amateur mixed martial arts fighter.

Timeline

1. Channel NewsAsia

   23 Oct 2026, 17:05 UTCSource ↗

   Channel NewsAsia reports that a gunman killed one person and wounded five others, including a 12-year-old girl, in a suspected racist terrorist attack in Trappes, France.

2. Financial Times

   23 Oct 2026, 20:08 UTCSource ↗

   The Financial Times reports that a gunman arrested in Trappes killed one person and injured five others in a 'murderous rampage', and that Macron says the shooting near Paris was racially motivated.

3. ABC News

   24 Oct 2026, 09:39 UTCSource ↗

   ABC News reports that the man killed in Friday's shooting near Paris was an amateur mixed martial arts fighter, according to his club, and that Macron called the attack a racist terror attack.