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French shooting suspect is charged with terror murder after telling prosecutors he targeted Muslims and Africans and feels 'no regret'

Gas station surveillance footage shows Kevin T. firing at a victim — the gunman who told investigators he targeted Trappes because it was a "den of Islamists" and admitted he had no regrets.
Gas station surveillance footage shows Kevin T. firing at a victim — the gunman who told investigators he targeted Trappes because it was a "den of Islamists" and admitted he had no regrets.

Kevin T., a 39-year-old French man, drove through Trappes and La Verrière west of Paris armed with a Sten submachine gun, killing Pengo Bossio Wangi, 26, and wounding seven others including an 11-year-old girl, one of whom remains in a life-threatening condition.

Kevin T. told investigators he chose the suburbs because he saw them as a 'hotbed for Islamists', and acquired weapon components, a police armband and handcuffs as part of what prosecutors called a 'very high level of preparation'.

Mein Kampf, a booby-trap device and National Rally stickers reading 'long live France, proud to be French' were found at his home, though Kevin T. insists he belongs to no political party.

Macron branded it a 'racist terrorist attack' and accused far-right movements of letting racism 'take root', prompting RN lawmaker Jean-Philippe Tanguy to fire back that it was Macron who had allowed 'hateful ideologies' to flourish.

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