Two seriously injured after Paris shooting

A police official says two people have been seriously wounded in a shooting outside a supermarket west of Paris.
By The Newsroom
Published 26th Sep 2016, 16:06 BST
Updated 5th Oct 2016, 14:19 BST

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The shooting happened at Super U in Le Port Marly in the West of Paris. Picture; GoogleThe shooting happened at Super U in Le Port Marly in the West of Paris. Picture; Google
The shooting happened at Super U in Le Port Marly in the West of Paris. Picture; Google

The shooter, a man in his 70s, holed up in his apartment after the shooting at a Super U store in the town of Le Port-Marly, the official said. •

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Special police intervention units surrounded the area, and the man quickly turned himself in, the official said.

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The official, not authorized to be publicly named according to police rules, said the shooting Monday was the result of a private dispute and had nothing to do with terrorism. France remains on high alert after recent extremist attacks.