On 28 October 2019, a shooting took place at a mosque in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. An 84-year-old man seriously injured two people by gunfire. The police arrested the suspect. He is said to have taken part in the 2015 regional elections as a candidate for the far-right Front National (today the Rassemblement National).
According to the French police, the man is said to have tried to lay a kind of incendiary in front of the mosque at around 15:20 local time. He was disturbed by two men and then fired several shots at them. The two men were seriously injured. He then set fire to a car and fled. Police found a gas canister and a handgun in the car of the suspect.
Police later arrested the 84-year-old suspect, who was locally known as Claude Sinké at his home in Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx. He is also accused of trying to burn down the mosque.
Sinké died in prison on 26 February 2020, aged 84.Attaque de la mosquée de Bayonne: Le tireur présumé est mort en prison
See also Bærum mosque shooting - a similar shooting in Norway, in which one person was wounded Christchurch mosque shootings - a mass shooting in New Zealand in which 51 people were killed Zurich Islamic center shooting - a similar shooting in Switzerland, in which three people were wounded
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