One person shot dead in front of Paris hospital - police source

Reuters

Published Apr 12, 2021 14:00

Updated Apr 12, 2021 14:31

PARIS (Reuters) -One person was shot dead and another injured on Monday in front of a hospital in Paris, a police source told Reuters, adding that the attacker had then fled on a motorcycle.

The source said the injured person was now being treated inside the hospital, the Henry Dunant, which is also a COVID-19 vaccination centre. The motive for the shootings remains unknown.

BFM television said the person killed was a man and the injured person was a woman who worked as a security official at the hospital, which is located in the upmarket 16th arrondissement.