Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Car hits soldiers in Paris, wounding six

The alleged attacker is said to have been waiting in his BMW car outside the military barracks


A car has struck a group of soldiers in Paris, injuring six, two seriously, police say.


An urgent police operation is now under way to find the vehicle - reportedly a BMW - and driver involved in the incident in the north-western suburb of Levallois-Perret.


The Paris prosecutor says the anti-terror unit is investigating what happened.


France has been under a state of emergency since November 2015.


On 13 November, 130 people were killed in a night of carnage in Paris, and more than 100 more have been killed in jihadist attacks since.


They include a string of assaults on the heavily armed security forces who now dot the streets of the capital - the last only four days ago.


While the hunt for the perpetrator continues, the Paris prosecutors" office said its anti-terrorism unit was looking into "attempted killings... in relation to a terrorist undertaking".


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