IMAN Chairman condemns Paris Policewoman Shooting
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
Policewoman Shot Dead In Paris This Morning
BUSINESS INSIDER
A policewoman has died and a civil employee is seriously hurt after a shooting in the south of Paris on Thursday morning, France24 reports.
The two people were shot near a metro station in Montrogue by a man wearing a bulletproof vest, the AFP reports. He was carrying an automatic rifle.
So far, no connection has been established between Thursday morning's shooting and Wednesday's terrorist attack at the Paris office of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, which left 12 dead.
France's interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the suspect was on the run, according to the AFP. It was earlier reported that the gunman had been detained.
There are also reports of an explosion at a kebab shop near a mosque in Lyon, but a link hasn't been established to Wednesday's Paris assault there either.
Police are still searching for brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi, whom police suspect of killing 12 people, including two police officers and four Charlie Hebdo cartoonists including the weekly's editor-in-chief, before escaping by car.
A third suspect, 18-year-old Hamyd Mourad, voluntarily turned himself over to authorities Thursday morning. He is the stepbrother of the Kouachis.
Responding to the news, IMAN Chairman, Ribal Al-Assad, said:
"I am extremely concerned to hear of yet another terrorist attack on French soil, especially so soon after the Charlie Hebdo atrocity.
The unfortunate reality is that these attacks won't stop until more robust action is taken by the international community to confront the global problem of Islamic extremism.
We need a united effort in order to do this, it is high time that every nation puts aside their differences to tackle this threat.
My thoughts and prayers are with the victim and her family at this time."
