based in the kurdish centre where the attack took place, and they gave this statement. one of the victims assassinated today was one of the leaders of the kurdish women smooth and in france. this is why there is a political element with this attack. this is why there is terrorist nature to this attack, let no one attempt to convince us this is a simple attack orchestrated by the far right. for more on the reaction of the kurdish diaspora to this attack, let s speak to kurdish affairs analyst for voice of america, mutlu civiroglu. what response have we seen from the kurdish? /we have seen a united kurdish reaction, that is in disbelief, such an attack
centres and shelters for anyone who may lose power or doesn t have a home. we ve seen some preparation here, but the real test will be over the next couple of days to see how those systems hold up. texas ended up losing power in some areas on the coldest day of the season. they re promising not to have a repeat of previous years, where a cold snap really hit the power grid in a way that was crippling and incredibly dangerous. we ve seen some locations promising they will do a betterjob than they might have done in the past. but we ll have to see over the next few days. two people have been killed in central paris after a man opened fire on the street, the french prosecutor s office said. a 69 year old man has been arrested by police. it happened in the tenth arrondissement, near a kurdish centre. four others were injured,
kurdish centre. some carrying banners and pushing towards a line of police, projectiles were thrown and right please respond with tear gas. the clashes began shortly after the interior minister spoke to the media at the scene. he said the 69 year old gunman who s been arrested was clearly targeting foreigners: translation: it is not certain that the killer, who wanted - to assassinate these people, and there is little doubt that he wanted to assassinate people here in paris, did so specifically for targeting the kurds. he was clearly targeting foreigners. we need to know from the judicial inquiry presided over by the public prosecutor whether it was specifically for the kurds, but for the moment there is no evidence to show this. this man witnessed the aftermath of the shooting: translation: we were walking in the street and we heard - a gunshot, we turned around and saw people running left and right,
the aim of the shooting in paris in the first one was ten years ago in 2013 in paris. and we are very, very much traumatised and we are in shock. , ., , ., ,., shock. tell us a bit wide about the kurdish neighbourhood, shock. tell us a bit wide about the kurdish neighbourhood, what- shock. tell us a bit wide about the kurdish neighbourhood, what is. shock. tell us a bit wide about the l kurdish neighbourhood, what is the community like? community like? actually, the kurdish neighbourhood - community like? actually, the kurdish neighbourhood is- community like? actually, the - kurdish neighbourhood is situated in the tenth district of paris we can find all the kurdish restaurants in kurdish cultural centres and institutions and everything like we are all close to each other here in the same neighbourhood. what are all close to each other here in the same neighbourhood. what are community relationships the same neighbourhood. what are community relationships like - the same neighbou