<p>French police have arrested a man suspected of firing shots at a mosque in Bayonne in the southwest of France on Monday.</p>.<p>Two people, aged 74 and 78, were seriously injured in the shooting at 1420 GMT as they tried to prevent the attacker from setting fire to the mosque.</p>.<p>The shooter also set a car on fire while fleeing the area.</p>.<p>"The suspected assailant was arrested by national police ... my thoughts are with the victims and their family," Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said on his Twitter account.</p>.<p>A police source said that the 84-year-old suspect had far-right connections. A separate source familiar with the situation said the man had been a candidate for Marine Le Pen's National Rally party in 2015.</p>.<p>National Rally's Le Pen condemned the attack on the mosque.</p>.<p>"The attack ... goes against all the values of our movement," she said.</p>.<p>The police source said a handgun was found in the suspect's car. </p>
<p>French police have arrested a man suspected of firing shots at a mosque in Bayonne in the southwest of France on Monday.</p>.<p>Two people, aged 74 and 78, were seriously injured in the shooting at 1420 GMT as they tried to prevent the attacker from setting fire to the mosque.</p>.<p>The shooter also set a car on fire while fleeing the area.</p>.<p>"The suspected assailant was arrested by national police ... my thoughts are with the victims and their family," Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said on his Twitter account.</p>.<p>A police source said that the 84-year-old suspect had far-right connections. A separate source familiar with the situation said the man had been a candidate for Marine Le Pen's National Rally party in 2015.</p>.<p>National Rally's Le Pen condemned the attack on the mosque.</p>.<p>"The attack ... goes against all the values of our movement," she said.</p>.<p>The police source said a handgun was found in the suspect's car. </p>