One hurt in French nightclub shooting over COVID pass

Two men who were refused entry to a French nightclub for producing a fake COVID health pass have been arrested over a shooting at the venue that left one partygoer injured, prosecutors said Sunday. The incident took place on Thursday night in the outskirts of the eastern town of Montbeliard. "It has been confirmed that one of the men tried to present a health pass that did not match his identity," the public prosecutor for the area, Ariane Combarel, told AFP. The pair then left the scene only to return a short while later in a car, from which several shots were fired in the direction of the club, she added. A man who was enjoying a night out at the club sustained gunshot wounds to the knee, according to regional media. Combarel said he had required surgery and had been written off work for six weeks. Since July, people in France have been required to present a COVID-19 pass to enter public venues such as restaurants, nightclubs, gyms or cinemas.  The pass, available in paper form or as a QR code on a smartphone, proves the person has been either vaccinated against COVID, recently tested negative for the virus or already had COVID and recovered from it. Announced by President...