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2026-10-24 · Aljazeera

Deadly ‘racist’ attack in France: Are hate crimes rising in Europe?

A gunman in northern France has killed one person and injured five, including a 12-year-old girl who was seriously wounded, in what authorities are calling a racially motivated “terrorist” attack. The shooting on Friday was carried out as mounting and often violent cost-of-living protests grip the country with more demonstrations expected on Saturday. President Emmanuel Macron called the shooting “a terrorist and racist attack”. So what was behind this attack? And has there been a rise in Islamophobia in Europe?

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