Man rams car into pedestrians in French city of Caen, one killed
A man drove a car into a group of pedestrians in the French city of Caen on Wednesday night, killing one person and injuring ten others. He was later apprehended around 20 kilometres away.
Late on Wednesday, around 10:15 pm local time, a man drove a car into a crowd of pedestrians in the northwestern French city of Caen. One person was killed and ten others were injured, with seven left in critical condition and three suffering minor injuries, according to local prefect David Claviere.
Claviere said the driver "deliberately drove into pedestrians in the street opposite the train station." A police source said the ramming may have followed a fight. All of the victims appeared to be men between the ages of 17 and 40, Bruno Coutanceau, a senior security official for Caen, told AFP.
The suspect, a 26-year-old man born in Russia, fled the scene but was later caught in Ouistreham, roughly 20 kilometres away. According to Claviere, the man was not on the radar of intelligence services and was known to police only for traffic offences.
No terrorist motive suspected so far
A deputy prosecutor said that, for now, investigators are not treating the case as terrorism-related, though the investigation is still in its early stages. Police have opened a probe on charges of murder and aggravated assault. The deputy prosecutor declined to reveal the identity of the person who died.
