The suspect, a 69-year-old male, was arrested Friday after allegedly fatally shooting two men and a woman at a Kurdish cultural center and a nearby Kurdish cafe in Paris.
The killings came as residents were preparing to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the unresolved murder of three activists and sparked clashes with police.
The suspect said during the questioning that a 2016 burglary at his home resulted a “hatred of foreigners that became totally pathological,” the prosecutor said.
The suspect said he has been depressed and has suicidal tendencies including that he had planned to kill himself after his attack Friday.
