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Petition to take CNews off air passes 500,000 signatures after racist shooting in France

· ≈ Paris, France · single source so far

A petition seeking to remove the right-wing channel CNews from the air passed half a million signatures on Monday. It follows a shooting in which a man killed a black French national of Congolese origin and wounded seven others; the shooter is believed to have watched the channel.

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≈ Paris, France · France live map
Coordinates
≈ 48.86°N 2.35°E
Reported
2 Nov 2026, 16:53 UTC
Category
Unrest & politics · Unrest
Impact
3 of 5 · Serious
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Petition to take CNews off air passes 500,000 signatures after racist shooting

A petition seeking to remove the right-wing channel CNews from the air passed half a million signatures on Monday. It follows a shooting in which a man killed a black French national of Congolese origin and wounded seven others. The shooter is believed to have watched the channel.

  • The petition calls for CNews to be taken off air and passed 500,000 signatures on Monday.
  • The shooting killed one person, a black French national of Congolese origin, and wounded seven others.
  • The shooter is believed to have watched CNews.
Updated 2 Nov 2026, 17:18 UTC · Written by Claude from the reports on this page and on the map. Check the linked sources for full details.

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