Man Tries To Drive Car Into Crowd In Front Of French Mosque, Police Say

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Link: Man tries to drive car into crowd in front of French mosque, police say [The Guardian]

 

The man said he had wanted to avenge attacks linked to Islamic State that have killed dozens in Paris over the past years, according to Le Parisien newspaper.

 

A man has been arrested after trying to drive a car into a crowd in front of a mosque in the Paris suburb of Creteil, police said, adding that no one was injured.

 

Police said the man’s motives were unclear, and that he had not succeeded in driving into the crowd because of barriers placed in front of the mosque.

 

According to Le Parisien newspaper, the man said he had wanted to avenge attacks linked to Islamic State that have killed dozens in Paris over the past years.

 

Last week, a British man was charged with with terrorism-related murder and attempted murder after allegedly driving a rented van into a crowd of Muslims leaving a mosque on the night of 19 June.

 

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