A Russian-born man allegedly drove a car into a crowd near a train station in Caen, Normandy, killing at least two people and injuring 10 others, with seven of the injured in critical condition. The incident occurred on Wednesday evening after an altercation between two groups of men, and a suspect, a 26-year-old male from Russia, has been arrested. Authorities have ruled out terrorism as a motive for now, but the investigation is ongoing. The incident follows a series of similar car attacks in Europe over the past year.
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At least 2 people were killed and 10 others injured, some critically, when a car was deliberately driven into a crowd near a train station in Caen, Normandy, northern France. The incident occurred late on Wednesday evening after an altercation between two groups of men. Seven of the injured are in critical condition, with one person confirmed dead at the scene and another later dying from their injuries. A 26-year-old Russian-born suspect was arrested in connection with the incident, which is being investigated by authorities. The investigation has ruled out terrorism as a motive "for the moment", according to local officials. The attack comes just a month after a similar incident in Berlin, where one person was killed and many others injured in a car attack on a Pride parade.
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At least two people were killed and 10 were injured, after a car was driven into a crowd near a train station in Normandy in northern France.
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car → kill → France
Seven of the injured were in a critical condition in the hospital after the vehicle allegedlly srruck the group of people in the city of Caen late Wednesday evening on purpose, following an altercation, local authoritiies said.
Calvados department prefect David Clavière said the car "deliberately drove into pedestrians in the street opposite the train station."
A fight had broken out between two groups of men immediately prior to the incident, according to witnesses.
A major emergency response was mounted across the wider Normandy region, leading to the arrest of a 26-year-old Russian-born male suspect in Ouistreham, a port on the Normandy coast.
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The deputy prosecutor and police said terrorism had, for now, been ruled out.
"For the moment, we are not dealing with a terrorist motive, but the investigation is only just beginning," said the city's deputy mayor with responsibility for security, Bruno Coutanceau.
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The incident came a month after a car attack on a Pride parade in Berlin that killed at least one person and injured many more and nine months after 10 people were injured, two critically, when a man purposely drove into pedestrians and cyclists on the French holiday island of Oléron.
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man → come → Oléron
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