Young man shot at Paris office of daily ‘Liberation’

{An assailant with a rifle opened fire in the Paris office of left-wing daily newspaper ‘Liberation’ on Monday, leaving a young man fighting for his life in hospital with a bullet wound to his upper body. The shooter’s motive is unknown.}

The injured person was hit in the thorax, the official said. He added that the motive of the attacker, who was armed with a hunting rifle, was unclear.

“He walked in, fired twice and left,” ‘Liberation’s’ editorial manager, Fabrice Rousselot, told news television channel BFM TV.

Deputy editor-in-chief Fabrice Tassel said separately in a tweet that the young male victim was fighting for his life after having been rushed to hospital. The victim is believed to be a photographic assistant who was there for a magazine shoot.

The mid-morning incident came days after an intruder entered the Paris offices of the BFM TV channel, threatening journalists before disappearing. Rousselot said it was not clear whether the two incidents were linked.

Liberation’s offices near the Place de la Republique in central Paris were cordoned off as forensics experts investigated.

(FRANCE 24 with Reuters)