PARIS, July 3 (Xinhua) -- A shooting happened in front of a mosque in the southern French city of Avignon on Sunday night, leaving eight people wounded, local media reported.
The La Provence newspaper report on Monday cited a judicial source as saying that authorities are not considering the incident as a terrorist attack. Local police suspected the shooting was due to a dispute between young people.
Four people were wounded outside the mosque while a family of four in their apartment some 50 meters away took shrapnel, it was reported.
The newspaper report also quoted witnesses as saying the shooting began at around 10:30 p.m. (2030 GMT) on Sunday when one of the two gunmen with their faces covered fired shots around as worshippers were leaving the mosque. The two gunmen then fled the scene.