An octogenarian accused of wounding two men in a shooting at a mosque in southern France earlier this week has been charged and ordered held in detention, the prosecutor's office said on Wednesday, according to the AFP news agency.
Claude Sinke, who stood as a candidate for the far-right National Rally in 2015 regional elections, tried to set fire to a mosque in Bayonne in the south-west on Monday, and shot two men, aged 74 and 78, who came out to investigate.
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