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French Police Arrest Suspect in Hit-and-Run Attack on Soldiers

9-8-2017 < Red Ice Creations 61 152 words
 
French Police Arrest Suspect in Hit-and-Run Attack on Soldiers Prosecutors are treating the ‘deliberate’ attack as an act of terrorism Authorities on Wednesday arrested a man suspected of ramming a car into a group of soldiers in a suburb of the French capital, police officials said, potentially ending the manhunt in a case that prosecutors are treating as an act of terrorism. The man was detained on a highway north of Paris, after police spotted and followed the car used in the morning attack, according to a police officer. The suspect, who tried to flee, was shot during the arrest, but is alive, the police officer added. In the attack, a person behind the wheel of a dark-colored BMW waited in an alley near the soldiers’ local barracks in a municipal building across from a park, ambushing them around 8 a.m. local time, officials said. The attack took…
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