Eight wounded in shooting near French mosque – reports

Police consider attack to be a settling of scores rather than terror-related

Eight people were wounded in a shooting in front of a mosque in the southern French city of Avignon in an incident police consider to be a settling of scores rather than terror-related, a source close to the investigation said on Monday.

Two of the eight wounded were hospitalised after the incident, according to the source, who also said worshippers leaving the mosque had not been the intended target.

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