AT least three people have been shot during an incident on the outskirts of Paris, with reports of one fatality.

French news outlets say shots rang out in a crowd in Dammarie-les-Lys, in the Plaine du Lys neighbourhood, late on Sunday afternoon local time.

Some 40 “young people” had gathered in a town square in the city’s southeast but it’s not clear why, French website La République 77 reported.

Dammarie-les-Lys is said to have a recent history of civil unrest and clashes between locals and authorities. A large number of police were at the scene, according to the Daily Star.

It comes on the day that France’s new president Emmanuel Macron was inaugurated.

The country remains in a declared state of emergency, following a series of terrorist attacks in the past few years.



It’s not believed the shooting is related to terrorism but news of the shooting rattled the already on-edge nation.