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One dead & 10 injured after car 'deliberately' ploughs into crowd in France
AT LEAST one person has been killed and 10 left injured after a car slammed into a crowd of people in France.
TL;DR
- One person was killed and 10 were injured after a car drove into pedestrians in Caen, France.
- Seven of the injured are in critical condition.
- The victims are believed to be men aged between 17 and 40.
- The driver, a 26-year-old Russian-born man, was arrested about 20km away.
- The suspect was not known to intelligence services and had previous traffic offenses.
- Officials are not currently treating the incident as terrorism, but the investigation is ongoing.
- An investigation into murder and aggravated assault has been opened.
- A similar incident occurred in Évreux in August last year where a car hit a crowd outside a wine bar, killing one and injuring five.