US EditionOne Dead, Five Injured as Car Slams Into Crowd in France - Prosecutors
- On 30 August in Evreux, northern France, a man intentionally backed his car rapidly into a group of people outside a wine bar, resulting in one death and five injuries.
- The incident occurred after a dispute involving a young woman and multiple men escalated into a physical confrontation, which then led to a car crashing into bystanders.
- Two men and a woman were taken into custody, and authorities immediately mobilized police and emergency services to secure the scene and aid victims.
- Evreux public prosecutor Remi Coutin reported that the situation resulted in severe casualties, with two individuals critically injured, and confirmed that authorities have ruled out any terrorist or racial motivations.
- An investigation into homicide and attempted homicide is ongoing, and the nearby wine bar closed after the event while the situation returned to calm.
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One man died and five people were injured on the night of Friday 29 and Saturday 30 August, hit by a car that broke into the crowd of customers of a bar. An altercation had begun inside the establishment.
An investigation was opened for "homicide" and "attempt to commit homicide", the vehicle also injured five people, two of whom were hospitalized in "absolute emergency". Three people were placed in police custody.
In the middle of the night a car rushes into a party crowd in front of a bar in the French Évreux. Panic breaks out. A man dies, there are several injured. What is known about the incident?
A man has been killed in an intentional assault on a group of people in Évreux, France, according to sources from the security forces quoted by the television network BFMTV. Five other people are injured, two of them seriously, and were hospitalized at the University Hospital of Évreux, as AFP advances. Three people have been arrested by the hit, two men and one woman, according to the Prosecutor’s Office. An investigation has been opened for mu…
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