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Deadly shooting near Paris investigated as 'crime of terrorism', minister says

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French President Emmanuel Macron has labelled a gun attack in a Parisian suburb which killed one person and injured five others "a racist terrorist attack".

Macron said the attack was a "turning point in the life of our Republic and our nation" as he declared "this has no place in France".

Several drive-by shootings took place on Friday - first in Trappes to the south-west of Paris, and then in nearby La Verrière - and a 12-year-old girl was among the injured.

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