A shooting near Paris was described by President Macron as a racist terrorist attack
Atch Academy in Aubervilliers identified Pengo Bossio Wangi, a 26-year-old amateur mixed martial arts fighter, as Friday’s shooting victim; authorities had not publicly named him. The club said, “Nothing justifies taking a life this way.” At least five others were wounded, and President Emmanuel Macron said victims were targeted for their skin color or perceived religion.
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The victim of Friday’s shooting near Paris was identified by his club as 26-year-old amateur mixed martial arts fighter Pengo Bossio Wangi. The Atch Academy in Aubervilliers named him in an Instagram statement, though French authorities had not publicly identified him. “Pengo was one of us. Nothing justifies taking a life this way,” the club said.
At least five other people, including a 12-year-old girl, were wounded when a gunman fired from a vehicle at three locations in Trappes and La Verrière, authorities said. French President Emmanuel Macron called the shooting “a racist terror attack” and said the victims were targeted because of their “skin color or perceived religion.” A suspect was arrested soon after the shooting, and France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office took charge of the case.
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Both results report the same Paris-area shooting and say Macron described it as a racist terror attack. The reports are recent and do not contradict that central claim.