No terror motive in Brest mosque shooting: French prosecutors

French investigators have ruled out any terror motive in a shooting incident that wounded an imam in the northwestern city of Brest, saying the gunman, who was found dead after an apparent suicide, was “unstable”. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon when a man opened fire outside a mosque in the city, injuring the local imam and another person.

“From the information gathered so far, we cannot consider this as a terror attack,” Brest prosecutor Jean-Philippe Recappe said. Imam Rachid El Jay was hit by four bullets while a worshipper with him sustained two bullet wounds, but neither had life-threatening injuries.

A police source said the suspected shooter was found dead in an area near Brest airport, with a fatal gunshot wound to the head after an apparent suicide.