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03 July 2017 Eight people were injured following a shooting outside a mosque in Avignon, France.

At first it was feared that it was a replica of what has already happened in Canada and recently also in Great Britain: a deliberate attack, of Islamophobic origin, against Muslim faithful gathered in prayer.

But then the investigations seem to have taken another path, that of a quarrel between young people or a settlement of scores between gangs.

According to an initial reconstruction, some armed men opened fire last night around 10:30 pm.

According to local media reports, the shooting took place in front of the Arrahma mosque in Rue Barcelona, ​​in the Grange d'Orel district of Avignon.

According to some testimonies, confirmed by the police, two hooded men arrived aboard a Renault Clio.

One had a pistol, the other a rifle.

People inside the mosque fled immediately after the two started shooting.

among the injured there is also a 7-year-old girl.

The police have ruled out the terrorist matrix of what happened.

The magistrate in charge, Laure Chabaud, speculated that a settling of scores or a quarrel between young people could have caused the shooting.

"From what we know - local media report citing investigators -, the events took place in the street that runs alongside the mosque, but are not connected to it".