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UNCOVERED: Suspect in deadly attack on paris kurds transferred to psychiatric unit | History Defined

Emergency services at work near the site of Friday's deadly attack at a Kurdish cultural centre in central Paris. © Lewis Joly, AP

A French man suspected of shooting dead three Kurdish people in central Paris has confessed to a “pathological” hatred of foreigners, the Paris prosecutor said Sunday, a day after the suspect was transferred to a psychiatric unit.

The suspect – a 69-year-old White man with a history of weapons offences – was removed from custody for health reasons on Saturday and taken to a police psychiatric facility pending an appearance before an investigating judge.

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