{"id":39944,"date":"2017-08-10T07:38:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T07:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=39944"},"modified":"2017-08-10T07:38:07","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T07:38:07","slug":"man-arrested-after-soldiers-rammed-by-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/man-arrested-after-soldiers-rammed-by-car.html","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after soldiers rammed by car"},"content":{"rendered":"

Man arrested after soldiers rammed by car<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Man arrested after soldiers rammed by car:- French police hunting a driver who rammed a car into a group of soldiers in Paris early Wednesday morning have shot, wounded and arrested a man on a highway north of the city.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Lille policeman was injured by stray gunfire during the arrest, a spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor told CNN.<\/span><\/p>\n

The man, who was unarmed and hit with five bullets while attempting to evade police on the A16 motorway, is in a serious condition, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV. The broadcaster reported that he was arrested between Boulogne-sur-Mer and Calais.<\/span><\/p>\n

The suspect, born in 1980, reportedly drove his vehicle into a police car before being arrested, according to BFMTV. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe confirmed that the person arrested is the same man who carried out the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

France’s counter-terror unit is investigating the attack, in a suburb of northwest Paris, which left six soldiers injured, three seriously, according to Paris police. The soldiers’ injuries are not life-threatening.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police had been searching for a BMW car and its driver who rammed into a group of soldiers outside a barracks at the Place de Verdun in Levallois-Perret around 8 a.m. local time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of the Interior Gerard Collomb said the attack was a “deliberate act.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“The car accelerated towards the soldiers for five meters in order to hit them,” he told reporters. “We do not believe this could be an accident.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The mayor of Levallois-Perret, Patrick Balkany, told BFMTV that the car was “pre-positioned” in a small alleyway, waiting for troops from the 35th Infantry Regiment to come out of the building.<\/span><\/p>\n

The group of soldiers is part of France’s Operation Sentinel, set up in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo terror attack in January 2015.<\/span>
\nLevallois-Perret — a quiet and affluent neighborhood — is home to the headquarters of the DCRI, France’s counter intelligence agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

One eyewitness, who gave her name as Zakia, told BFMTV that she was awakened by a “boom” before running to her balcony.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I saw a soldier on the ground … then the fire service and paramedics arrived,” she said. “I saw the whole scene, and I’m shocked.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Another unnamed woman told BFMTV she heard a “large boom, from, say, a crash, a car accident.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“We heard all the ambulances arriving… We saw all the emergency services vehicles: firefighters, police, paramedics. We saw two men on the ground, being cared for by firefighters and doctors.”<\/span><\/p>\n

France still in state of emergency<\/span><\/p>\n

France has been in a state of emergency introduced after a terror attack in Paris killed 130 people in November 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the sixth incident to affect French security forces in 2017 alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

The incidents have taken place at high-profile tourist destinations such as the Louvre, the Champs-Elysees, Notre Dame Cathedral, and Paris’ Orly airport.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2017\/08\/09\/europe\/paris-soldiers-hit-vehicle\/index.html<\/span><\/p>\n

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