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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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.
French police arrest Russian driver after car ramming kills two, wounds nine in Caen — alcohol not involved
CAEN, France, Aug 27 — French police arrested a Russian man of Chechen origin after a deliberate car ramming in the north of the country killed two men, both believed to be Afghans, and wounded nine others, officials said Thursday.The car ploughed into a group of people late Wednesday who were outside a bar in the Normandy port of Caen after a dispute, said the prefect of the department of Calvados David Claviere.The events occurred after a figh…
The suspect was born in Russia and was not previously known to intelligence services, and law enforcement officials stated.
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