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FRANCE

Killing confirmed at Qatar embassy

A person has been killed at the Qatar embassy in Paris and one person has been arrested as part of the investigation, said the Paris prosecutor's office on Monday, confirming earlier media reports. A source close to the investigation said the person killed in the early hours of Monday was a security guard and the death did not appear to have been a terrorist act. "I can confirm that an investigation was opened today on the count of murder," said the prosecutor's office, adding that it was not yet clear if a weapon had been used. "The circumstances of the death of the guard are yet to be determined precisely."

UNITED STATES

Subway shooting leaves man dead

A 48-year-old man was fatally shot in the chest while riding on a New York City subway car on Sunday in the latest in a series of random attacks in the city's transit system. The unidentified gunman fled when the train pulled into the next station in Manhattan and remained at large on Sunday night, said NYPD's chief of department Kenneth Corey at a news briefing. The gunman, described only as a heavyset, "dark skinned" man with a beard fled when the train pulled into Canal Street station. The suspect and the victim were not acquainted and had not interacted prior to the shooting, police said.

Agencies - Xinhua