On December 23, a man shot and killed three members of the Kurdish community at the Kurdish Cultural Center in central Paris, France. Protests broke out in Paris for two consecutive days after the attack. On December 24, the protests turned violent, causing conflicts between police and protesters. As a result, 11 people were arrested due to the violence, and 30 people were slightly injured. At present, information obtained from many parties can be preliminarily judged that the shooting that led to subsequent violence was likely to have a terrorist motive.
Hello everyone, I haven’t seen you for a few days. As the end of the year approaches, my work unit is very busy, so I apologize for not updating for many days. So let’s discuss three points about today’s news:
First, the protagonist of this shooting incident is very special.. This emergency occurred in Paris, France. It was the most serious shooting case in Europe for some time, killing three people, and the deceased was a Kurd. But this gunman is even more special. He is a 69-year-old French man, and his parents are still alive, one is 91 and the other is 93. What's even more surprising is that the old man himself has just come out of prison and is out on bail but has not yet been sentenced. The original reason why he was imprisoned was for launching an attack on Sudanese refugees, but he was also injured. As a result, he was released on bail before he could be sentenced after he was captured. It is estimated that he was released on bail because he was almost octogenarian. But who would have thought that something like this would happen again while on bail. In addition, according to the investigation, this old man not only owns a gun, but also trained in a shooting club. No wonder he can shoot so accurately. The night before the incident, he stayed at home with his parents, but the next day he went to the community center and shot someone. Coupled with his previous attacks on Sudanese refugees and the connection with this killing, it is very likely that this protagonist is a white supremacist.
Second, there is a precedent for similar shootings in Europe. After the shooting, the first thing that many people thought of was Breivik, a Norwegian who killed 77 people and injured more than 300 people in the bombing and shooting on July 22, 2011. Most of them were the children of senior Norwegian government officials. The main reason was that they were dissatisfied with the Norwegian government's immigration policy for accepting refugees. He is one of those white supremacists who call themselves the Knights of the Codex in Christianity. The core motive of such cases is that they all oppose immigration, refugees, and cultural integration. The difference is that the victim group this time is the Kurds. The Kurds have their own community in Paris, France. The two men and one woman who were shot were still young people and should belong to the new generation in Paris. Although French President Macron came out to express his condolences in a timely manner, the Kurds did not buy it, so what was originally a peaceful anti-violence demonstration turned into violent beatings, smashing, looting, and burning, and even a confrontation with the police. This is definitely illegal.
Third, the root cause of the shooting is the tragic fate of the Kurds. Historically speaking, the Kurds are particularly like the Jews. They have always lived a life of displacement. Although the Jews were massacred in World War II , they eventually established their own country-Israel. Although the Kurds have 30 million people, they have never had their own country. They are a very sad nation. Even the Kurds are a long-established nation, and can even be ranked among the four major ethnic groups in the Middle East and , but they do not have their own country. They are now everywhere in Europe, including Turkey, Sweden, Finland, and France. For example, in Paris, where the attack occurred, there is a Kurdish community.
So, you said that this matter is fundamentally caused by historical reasons, which means that at different historical stages, in different countries, and faced with different situations, the choices each of us make are actually completely different.For example, this time, who would have thought that a 69-year-old French man would actually pick up a gun and massacre the Kurdish community. Of course, we must not express understanding or tolerance for this kind of behavior. Human life is equal regardless of clan, color, and class. This is the most basic reason for being different from animals. It is just that we hope that in the future life, we should still focus on dialogue and reconciliation with each other, because human beings need peace and development so much. There is no end to hatred and war. This is what Western countries, known as beacons of democracy and freedom, must face and solve.
