France car ramming: Vehicle runs into pedestrians, killing two and injuring 10 before driver is arrested
A driver deliberately rammed their car into a group of people, leaving two people dead and seven others in critical condition.
A driver deliberately rammed a car into a group of people in northern France, killing two people and injuring 10 others, authorities said.
The incident late Wednesday night in Caen isn’t being treated by officials as a terrorist attack. Caen Mayor Aristide Olivier told local radio ICI Normandie that it seemed to be the result of “a fight that turned bad”.
The top regional official, Calvados Prefect David Clavière, said overnight that one person was killed and seven of the 10 injured were critical.
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The suspected driver has been arrested, according to Clavière, who said the 26-year-old man was born in Russia. It’s understood the man was apprehended about 20km away in the port town of Ouistreham.
Claviere said the driver had been tracked to Ouistreham via the city’s CCTV networks.
A police investigation is underway.
“A car deliberately drove into pedestrians who were in the street opposite the train station,” Clavière said.
Claviere said the suspect was previously unknown to intelligence services and that he had only been known to authorities for “traffic offences”.
AFP reported that all of the victims appeared to be men between the ages of 17 and 40.
Local authorities told the BBC that a number of the injured men were being treated in the emergency ward of a nearby hospital.
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