Three people have been killed and three others injured after a gunman opened fire in Paris.
A man aged 69 has been arrested in connection with the shooting at a local Kurdish cultural centre, the prosecutor’s department in the French capital said.
He was also wounded in the incident and is being treated in hospital, according to district mayor Alexandra Cordebard.
The attacker is a French national and is known to authorities after attacking a migrant camp a year ago, BFM TV reported.
The motive for Friday’s shooting was not immediately clear.
The Paris prosecutor said it would examine a “possible racist element” behind the attack.
“A gun attack has taken place. Thank you to the security forces for their swift action,” Emmanuel Gregoire, the deputy mayor, tweeted.
“Thoughts for the victims and those who witnessed this drama.”
Paris police said they were dealing with an incident on the Rue d’Enghien before urging the public to avoid the area, and officers taped off the area in the 10th arrondissement.
Antiterrorism prosecutors said they are investigating the shooting but have not indicated any sign of a terrorist motive.
One witness told French news agency AFP that seven or eight shots had been fired, sparking chaos in the street.
Shortly after the incident, Gerald Darmanin, the interior minister, said he would travel to Paris and visit the scene of the “dramatic” shooting, and also confirmed the suspect had been arrested by police.
An investigation into the motives of the gunman continues, district mayor Ms Cordebard said, who also told reporters the incident was a “terrible drama”.
France endured a series of deadly attacks by Islamic extremists in 2015 and 2016 and remains on alert for terror-related violence.
The Paris prosecutor’s office said an investigation has been opened into murder, manslaughter and aggravated violence.
It said the suspected attacker had been detained a year ago for an attack with a sabre on a migrant camp in Paris
and investigated for a racially motivated crime.