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Police have scrambled to the streets in Paris after shots fired by a single gunman Thursday afternoon, local media reported.
Witnesses said the shots were heard near the corner of Rue Bichat and Rue du Faubourg, on the Right Bank.
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Police cordoned off the area and were questioning one man, who was placed in the back seat of a patrol car.
It is unclear at this point who the shooter was and what was his or her motive.
Évitez le quartier bichat / goncourt / canal st Martin, des coups de feu “auraient” été tirés le quartier est bouclé pic.twitter.com/u98MTX6Cf8
— Nicolas Bozino (@NicoBozino) April 7, 2016
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