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Deadly ‘racist’ attack in France: Are hate crimes rising in Europe?

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A gunman in northern France has killed one person and injured five, including a 12-year-old girl who was seriously wounded, in what authorities are calling a racially motivated “terrorist” attack.

The shooting on Friday was carried out as mounting and often violent cost-of-living protests grip the country with more demonstrations expected on Saturday.

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President Emmanuel Macron called the shooting “a terrorist and racist attack”.

So what was behind this attack?…

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