A car smashed into a pizzeria east of Paris, France, killing one and injuring several people. This crash is alleged to be intentional. One 13-year-old girl died as a result of the incident and seven people are injured, according to the French Interior Ministry. According to RTL radio and a source from prosecutor’s office in nearby Meaux, the suspect had suicidal tendencies.
A 39-year-old man allegedly drove a dark-colored BMW through the front of a pizzeria in Seine-et-Marne on Monday evening. The BMW mowed down people inside the restaurant. One person has died as a result of the incident. Seven are injured, while four people are in critical condition.
A spokeswoman for the Paris Prosecutor said that there aren’t any indications that this attack may be terror related. However, terrorism has not been ruled out.
Pierre-Henry Brandet told BFM TV: “I cannot tell you that terrorism has been discounted, but it is not the leading line of inquiry at this point. The first indications don’t point towards terrorism.”
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One local officer declined to comment. But another said, “It can not be an accident because there are no traces of braking.”
The driver allegedly attempted backing up out of the restaurant after the crash, but was stopped, according to one witness. “A car drove into the terrace and crashed into the bar. The driver tried to reverse but someone stopped them. The gendarmes arrived quickly. There were around 20 people in the restaurant.””
The suspect allegedly had suicidal tendencies. According to RTL radio, the man had called police in the past, informing officers that he wanted to kill himself and had weapons in his vehicle. A source from the prosecutor’s office in nearby Meaux told Le Parisien newspaper that “He tried to kill himself yesterday and decided to try again like this today.”
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The pizzeria is about a thirty-minute drive from Central Paris.
Many went on Twitter to express their grief over the incident. One person tweeted: “My condolences to the family and the victim of the attack on the car in the Marne-Seine in a restaurant #SeineEtMarne #septsorts.”
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