US EditionGrenade thrown into bar in French city of Grenoble injures 12; no terrorism suspected
- Twelve people were injured, two critically, after a grenade was thrown into a bar in the French city of Grenoble.
- Prosecutor François Touret-de-Courcey said the unidentified suspect may have carried a Kalashnikov rifle and the incident seemed drug trafficking related, not terrorism.
- Mayor Eric Piolle condemned the "criminal act of unprecedented violence" and thanked emergency responders for their "rapid intervention".
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Actively wanted, the assailant did not leave any claim or clear indication on his motivations.
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The perpetrator of the attack in a community bar in Grenoble (Isère), which left around fifteen people injured on Wednesday evening, used a fragmentation grenade and was armed with a Kalashnikov-type assault rifle. The assailant is still being actively sought on Thursday evening. And the theory of a new episode in the gang war is not excluded. The prosecutor's office of the specialized interregional jurisdiction (Jirs) of Lyon has taken up the c…
It is hard to believe that the incident in the Olympic Village was a terrorist attack, as it resembles more "military technology." Violence than everyday French life.
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