Anti-terror police investigate as one person killed in shooting near Paris

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   Anti-terror police investigate as one person killed in shooting near Paris

   BBC NewsPublished Oct 23, 2026Checked Oct 23, 2026

   “A big deployment of police and emergency services has been present at the scene One person has been killed and four others wounded in a gun attack in a Parisian suburb which police have said they are treating as a terrorist incident. Several drive-by shootings took place on Friday - first in Trappes to the southwest of Paris, and then nearby La Verrière - and a local mayor said a 12-year-old girl was among the wounded. French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the suspected attacker had been "apprehended and placed in police custody". The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) said it had taken on the investigation into the incident, which appeared to be "murder in connection with a terrorist enterprise". The mayor of Trappes, Ali Rabeh, said that "an individual fired shots from his vehicle at several people he encountered" on Friday morning. The alleged gunman "wandered aimlessly" through several neighbourhoods and "fired randomly" with the seeming intent of causing "as many casualties as possible", Rabeh told BFMTV. "He wanted to cause carnage," he said. The mayor said he had targeted people at a petrol station, a medical centre and a playground in Trappes before driving on to nearby La Verrière, where Mayor Nicolas Dainville said the four wounded were in critical condition. A police union official said the suspect had been detained in La Verrière on the main N10 road that runs through the town.”

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   Reducing the therapeutic vacuum: a qualitative study learning from experiences of care delivery during terror attacks in the UK over the past 20 years.

   BMJ open (Stephens et al.)Published Jun 1, 2026Checked Oct 23, 2026

   “All responders felt it was vital to have experienced health professionals present to triage and facilitate urgent treatment and extraction decisions. Armed police commanders had dual responsibilities to achieve rapid care delivery while preventing further terrorist-inflicted injuries. Operationally, this was perceived as leading to a lack of shared mental models between responders regarding what is 'unsafe' due to zoning, rather than communication of risk, potentially delaying vital care delivery. There were mixed survivor perspectives regarding the risks that responders should be exposed to, but broad agreement that there was a notable absence of health professionals present in the hot zone during the immediate aftermath of attacks.ConclusionThere is strong professional and public support for improving care delivery, including potential hot zone working, to minimise the therapeutic vacuum in active terrorist attacks. Better risk communication and better shared mental models are necessary to balance responder risk with care delivery to maximise lives saved as safely as possible.”

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   Protocol: Deterrence-Oriented Counterterrorism Interventions in OECD Countries for Domestic Terrorist Attacks: A Systematic Review.

   Campbell systematic reviews (Salama et al.)Published Sep 10, 2026Checked Oct 23, 2026

   “This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to assess the effectiveness of nationally implemented, government-led, deterrence-oriented counterterrorism interventions targeting domestic terrorism in OECD countries. Methodology: The review will follow standard Campbell Collaboration methodological guidelines. Data permitting, multilevel meta-analyses will be used to estimate overall pooled effect sizes while accounting for the hierarchical structure of the data by modelling dependence among multiple effect sizes within studies. Moderator analysis and meta-regression will be instrumental in exploring potential sources of heterogeneity. Implications: The findings of the review hold significant implications for shaping effective evidence-based policies and interventions in the area of domestic counterterrorism. The results are also intended to inform future research by identifying gaps in the body of knowledge.”

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   Terrorism in France (Wikipedia)

   WikipediaChecked Oct 23, 2026

   “Terrorism in France refers to the terrorist attacks that have targeted the country and its population during the 20th and 21st centuries. Terrorism, in this case is much related to the country's history, international affairs and political approach. Legislation has been set up by lawmakers to fight terrorism in France. CBC News reported in December 2018 that the number of people killed in terrorist attacks in France since 2015 was 249, with the number of wounded at 928. Since 1970, France experienced 2,654 terrorist incidents, resulting in 1,247 terrorist-related deaths and 2,559 injuries, the second highest in western Europe after the United Kingdom. France remains the country most affected by Islamist terrorism within Europe, with recent data showcasing a total of 82 Islamist attacks and 332 deaths from 1979 to 2021.”