A man has been arrested after he opened fire earlier in the day in front of the Bayonne mosque in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, southern France, police said, APA reports citing Sputnik.
Several shots were fired at the mosque in Bayonne, on Rue Joseph Latxague, various French media outlets reported, adding that a car was also set on fire. The national police of Pyrénées-Atlantiques stated on Twitter that the attacker has been arrested.