France: Lawmakers hold a minute of silence for Pengo Bossio Wangi, victim of racist attack

Moving on to other news now for you this Tuesday. France is still reeling from last Friday's racially motivated hate crime that left one man dead and five injured, including a 12-year-old girl. Under pressure then from anti-racism associations and other members of civil society, really, French lawmakers in the National Assembly today held a minute of silence for the victim. That's 26-year-old black man Pengo Bossio-Wangui. minute of silence French lawmakers in the National Assembly then in a rare moment of unity coming together for that minute of silence that came as nearly 100 public figures mostly from the entertainment and sports industries did call on French people to refuse silence and indifference to racism that was in an editorial published on the site Politis signatory is also insisting that without a major wake-up call i quote hateful words will kill again for more we're going to cross now to our reporter, Claire Pacalan, who's been standing by at the National Assembly for France 24 today. Hi, Claire. So can you tell us then more about that minute of silence and what else is happening in the lower House of French Parliament today? It was a moving moment in the National Assembly. All of the members of Parliament paying their respects, holding a minute of silence for the 26-year-old Pengo Bossio Wongi, who was murdered in that drive-by shooting in Trappes, outside Paris, on Friday. The president of the National Assembly, who was a bit like the Speaker in the British House of Commons, she talked about his life. She said that he was described by friends and family as kind, as generous, as respectful, that he was an enthusiast of MMA, of mixed martial arts. He had big dreams, she said, and they were stolen from him by racist hatred. The mayor of Trappes, Alain Rabé, was in the audience. He took part in the minute of silence. and so did some family members of the victim. It's also worth noting that five other people were injured in that racist terrorist attack. That's how it's being described by the government. Five other people were injured, including a 12-year-old girl, a 12-year-old who was hit by eight bullets and is still in a critical condition in hospital as we speak. Claire Pacallant, France 24's reporter at the National Assembly, thank you very much.