<p>Renewed clashes broke out in Paris on Saturday between police and members of the Kurdish community angry at the killing on Friday of three members of their community.</p>.<p>Several cars were overturned and small fires set alight near Republic Square, the traditional venue for demonstrations in the city where Kurds earlier held a peaceful protest.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/three-dead-after-shooting-at-kurdish-centre-in-paris-1174405.html" target="_blank">Clashes broke out </a>as some demonstrators left the square, throwing projectiles at police who responded with tear gas.</p>.<p>A gunman carried out the killings at a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby cafe on Friday in a busy part of Paris' 10th district, stunning a community preparing to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the unresolved murder of three activists.</p>.<p>Police arrested a 69-year-old man who the authorities said had recently been freed from detention while awaiting trial for a sabre attack on a migrant camp in Paris a year ago.</p>.<p>Following questioning of the suspect, investigators had added a suspected racist motive to initial accusations of murder and violence with weapons, the prosecutor's office said on Saturday.</p>.<p>After an angry crowd clashed with police on Friday afternoon, the Kurdish democratic council in France (CDK-F) organised a gathering on Saturday at Republic Square.</p>.<p>Hundreds of Kurdish protesters, joined by politicians including the mayor of the central 10th district, waved flags and listened to tributes to the victims.</p>.<p>"We know that we are under threat, Kurds in general, Kurdish activists and militants. France owes us protection," Berivan Firat, a spokesperson for the CDK-F told <em>BFM TV.</em></p>.<p>Friday's murders came ahead of the anniversary of the killings of three Kurdish women in Paris in January 2013.</p>.<p>An investigation was dropped after the main suspect died shortly before coming to trial, before being re-opened in 2019.</p>.<p>"The Kurdish community is afraid. It was already traumatized by the triple murder (in 2013). It needs answers, support and consideration," David Andic, a lawyer representing the CDK-F told reporters on Friday.</p>.<p>Kurdish representatives, who met with Paris' police chief on Saturday morning, reiterated their call for Friday's shooting to be considered as a terror attack.</p>.<p>The questioning of the suspect was continuing, the prosecutor's office added.</p>
<p>Renewed clashes broke out in Paris on Saturday between police and members of the Kurdish community angry at the killing on Friday of three members of their community.</p>.<p>Several cars were overturned and small fires set alight near Republic Square, the traditional venue for demonstrations in the city where Kurds earlier held a peaceful protest.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/three-dead-after-shooting-at-kurdish-centre-in-paris-1174405.html" target="_blank">Clashes broke out </a>as some demonstrators left the square, throwing projectiles at police who responded with tear gas.</p>.<p>A gunman carried out the killings at a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby cafe on Friday in a busy part of Paris' 10th district, stunning a community preparing to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the unresolved murder of three activists.</p>.<p>Police arrested a 69-year-old man who the authorities said had recently been freed from detention while awaiting trial for a sabre attack on a migrant camp in Paris a year ago.</p>.<p>Following questioning of the suspect, investigators had added a suspected racist motive to initial accusations of murder and violence with weapons, the prosecutor's office said on Saturday.</p>.<p>After an angry crowd clashed with police on Friday afternoon, the Kurdish democratic council in France (CDK-F) organised a gathering on Saturday at Republic Square.</p>.<p>Hundreds of Kurdish protesters, joined by politicians including the mayor of the central 10th district, waved flags and listened to tributes to the victims.</p>.<p>"We know that we are under threat, Kurds in general, Kurdish activists and militants. France owes us protection," Berivan Firat, a spokesperson for the CDK-F told <em>BFM TV.</em></p>.<p>Friday's murders came ahead of the anniversary of the killings of three Kurdish women in Paris in January 2013.</p>.<p>An investigation was dropped after the main suspect died shortly before coming to trial, before being re-opened in 2019.</p>.<p>"The Kurdish community is afraid. It was already traumatized by the triple murder (in 2013). It needs answers, support and consideration," David Andic, a lawyer representing the CDK-F told reporters on Friday.</p>.<p>Kurdish representatives, who met with Paris' police chief on Saturday morning, reiterated their call for Friday's shooting to be considered as a terror attack.</p>.<p>The questioning of the suspect was continuing, the prosecutor's office added.</p>