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Why is a Paris firebomb attack now an attempted murder case?
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A homemade firebomb burst at a gendarme's feet late Saturday in Paris, as a demonstration wound down.
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Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez called it attempted murder that Saturday, a political characterisation. On Sunday, prosecutors opened an inquiry for attempted homicide against persons holding public authority. Their statement said: "Jets of explosive objects targeted about fifteen gendarmes as well as police officers."
“Jets of explosive objects targeted about fifteen gendarmes as well as police officers.”
The officer was slightly hurt, and the gendarmerie said 13 members of his unit were injured too. Prosecutors are still counting injuries, with second-degree burns reported so far.
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October 31, the throw; November 1, an attempted-homicide inquiry. No one has been arrested; the Sûreté territoriale de Paris is still hunting the thrower.
- 31 OctoberThrow at Porte de Charenton
- 1 NovemberProsecutor opens inquiry
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