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Customer kills French waiter in sandwich spat

The gunman, who witnesses said lost his temper "as his sandwich wasn´t prepared quickly enough" for his liking, fled the scene.

By AFP
August 17, 2019

A waiter at restaurant near Paris was shot dead by a customer angry at having to wait for a sandwich, a source close to the case said Saturday.

Colleagues of the victim called police after he was shot him with a hand gun at an eatery in the eastern Paris suburb of Noisy-le-Grand on Friday night, the source said.

Attempts to revive the 28-year-old failed and he died at the scene.

The gunman, who witnesses said lost his temper "as his sandwich wasn´t prepared quickly enough" for his liking, fled the scene.

Police have opened a murder investigation.