Terrace hit in Paris: an attempted murder ? Driver's intentions become clearer

The driver, who rushed on a terrace à Paris Wednesday July 17, wasé arrested and placed on guard &agrav; view. The possibility of an intentional act is on the table.

A car hit several people, Wednesday evening, around 7:30 p.m. while they were on the terrace of the restaurant Le Ramus, located in Paris. at 6 avenue du Père Lachaise, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. The provisional results show one dead and six people injured' eacute;es of which three would be in absolute emergency and three others in relative emergency. The mayor of the 20th arrondissement, Eacute;ric Pliez, indicated that "all the injured are customers" from the restaurant.

The driver of the Toyota fled before being arrested. and placed on guard &agrav; view for "manslaughter, unintentional injury by driver and endangerment". The investigation was carried out entrusted to the Judicial Accident Processing Service (STJA). The police searched the vehicle. the car, making sure there were no explosives in it.

During his custody à In view, the driver made statements which led the Paris prosecutor's office to reclassify the investigation as an “assassination and attempted murder.” ;#39;assassination, the Criminal Brigade wasé entered to support the file. The prosecutor said the act “could be intentional.”

An accident under the influence of alcohol and drugs ?

According to Le Figaro, the driver wasé identified as Karamoko S., a young man aged 24. According to a police source from the daily, his vehicle had already été verbalized a few days ago. Investigations are also underway to find out if he was under the influence of alcohol and drugs during the drama.

On Wednesday evening, he had been killed. affirmed that a passenger in the vehicle had been killed. arrested and testing positive for narcotics and alcohol. The public ministry, for its part, ensured that that it was not established that there was a passenger in the car at the time of the tragedy. Gray areas therefore still remain. &eac;clear. 

The trail of "the'road accident" firstly privileged, she is no longer the only one. neighbor has, in fact, told é that the car had passed "– full speed " and would have "grillé the forbidden meaning" then "goes on". Another witness, a customer of the café, also affirmed  having heard the car "arrivingà background", according to BFMTV. He added that the window of the restaurant then "éshattered"". A psychological cell wasé open à the district town hall to accompany the witnesses of the scene.