Police find Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' in home of suspect in deadly shooting near Paris

French authorities extend detention of 39-year-old man after 1 killed, 5 injured in what Macron calls ‘racist terrorist attack’; booby traps also discovered in his apartment

Police found a copy of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” at the home of the man suspected of a gun attack in the Paris suburbs that killed one person and wounded five, a source close to the investigation told AFP on Saturday.

The source also reported the presence of a Bible and a Quran in the apartment of the 39-year-old suspect, partly identified as Kevin T., in the town of Plaisir outside Paris.

He was arrested Friday in possession of a submachine gun and tear-gas grenades in his car, after the victims were shot as a vehicle drove through the working-class town of Trappes and neighboring La Verriere.

One of those wounded was a 12-year-old girl who was hit by bullets eight times. She is in critical condition, authorities said.

French anti-terror investigators said earlier Saturday they had extended his detention.

President Emmanuel Macron branded the shooting a “racist terrorist attack,” as most of the victims were from foreign backgrounds.

Illustrative: A German edition of Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ (‘My Struggle’) on display at the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich, December 11, 2015. (Matthias Balk/dpa via AP, File)

The victim was identified as Pengo Bossio Wangi, a 26-year-old of African origin who was an up-and-coming mixed martial arts fighter.

Hundreds of people rallied Saturday at the spot where he was killed, brandishing placards that called for “justice” and holding a minute of silence in his memory.

“It could have been anyone. He opened fire on blacks, Arabs. He knew the majority of the population here in Trappes is Muslim,” a local shopkeeper of North African origin told AFP.

‘Racism kills’

The shooting comes at a moment of deep divisions in France, which is heading for elections in six months’ time with far-right candidate Marine Le Pen leading in opinion polls.

Political and social tensions boiled over a week ago into riots that have marred the country’s image ahead of the vote to choose Macron’s successor.

As France held another day of protests on Saturday, some placards referenced the shooting, blaming Le Pen’s anti-immigrant National Rally party for a climate of intolerance.

A demonstrator holds a sign reading, “You will not extinguish the fire of youth,” during a protest on the sidelines of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) congress in Orleans, France, October 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Teresa Suarez)

“Racism kills. The far right kills,” a lawmaker from the far-left France Unbowed party, Mathilde Panot, said at the rally near the spot of the shooting.

Le Pen called for a “relentless” investigation and said it was “despicable” if racism was the shooter’s motive.

The victim’s family said the shooter was known to the authorities, and demanded to know whether he had been properly monitored.

In a statement released by their lawyer, they called for an investigation into potential failures on the part of the authorities and “to exhaustively establish the path that led to [the shooter’s] radicalization.”

Police officers look at evidences on a site of a petrol station where a man opened fire from his car, killing one person and injuring four others according to police sources, in Trappes, Paris’ suburb on October 23, 2026. (Dimitar DILKOFF/AFP)

Investigators said the man had booby-trapped his apartment with gas bottles and electrical wires connected to a timer.

The French National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office, which is handling the case, said the suspect’s time in detention was extended after initial interrogations.

Four members of the suspect’s family and circle of friends were also arrested and questioned by investigators — including his parents, a source close to the case told AFP.