At Least 2 Killed, 10 Injured After Car Driven Into People in Normandy
Authorities said the suspect is a 26-year-old Russian national and that investigators do not currently suspect terrorism.
- On Wednesday, a man drove a car into a crowd in Caen, France near the train station, killing one person and wounding 10 others, according to AFP and BFM.
- A police source said the ramming followed a fight, with local prefect David Claviere stating the driver 'deliberately drove into pedestrians in the street opposite the train station.'
- Apprehended in Ouistreham, 20 kilometers away, the 26-year-old suspect born in Russia was known to police 'only for traffic offences,' Claviere said.
- Seven people are in critical condition and three suffered minor injuries, with Bruno Coutanceau, a top security official, noting all victims appeared to be men aged 17 to 40.
- Police have opened an investigation into murder and aggravated assault, though the deputy prosecutor stated, 'For the moment, we are not dealing with a terrorist motive, but the investigation are only just beginning.
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On Wednesday, at around 10:10 p.m., a black German car deliberately drove into a group of people under a bus or tram shelter in front of the train station in Caen, Normandy. Two people died and nine were injured, most of them seriously. The driver fled and was arrested the same night in Ouistreham. French authorities have so far ruled out a terrorist motive; an investigation is underway into premeditated murder. According to the prefecture and t…
In the north-west of France, in the city of Kan, a car entered people near the railway station, killing two people, injuring nine others, reports France 24.
A man "voluntaryly" darkened Wednesday night with his vehicle on a group near a bar in Caen, in western France, killing two and wounding a dozen people, before being arrested, according to consistent sources.
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