Apparently shots were fired in Paris, two people are said to have been injured.
The police have not yet commented, according to media reports, the shooter is said to be on the run.
Shots in Paris: two people probably injured - shooters apparently on the run
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Paris - Two people are said to have been injured by gunfire near a hospital, the French media report.
"A person has died and there is a seriously injured person," said the fire brigade.
The French news agency AFP reported, citing police circles, that the incident occurred on Monday afternoon in front of the Henry Dunant Hospital in the 16th arrondissement in the southwest of the capital.
As the AFP reports, citing an investigator, the perpetrator is said to have fled on a two-wheeler.
According to the TV broadcaster BFM TV, the shooter is on the run.
The background to the incident was still unclear.
The police did not comment when asked.
The hospital specializes in treating the elderly;
it currently also houses a corona vaccination center.
The exact background is still unclear, but France has been the target of brutal attacks in the past.
Last year, a man attacked passers-by in a church in Nice with a knife.
Three people were killed and six people injured.
