Man attacks soldiers guarding French mosque with his car
Source: AP
PARIS (AP) — A man rammed his car into four soldiers guarding a mosque on Friday in the southeast French city of Valence, and was stopped when a soldier fired and wounded him, authorities said. His motives were unclear.
One soldier was slightly injured in the leg, and a passerby was hit in the leg by a stray bullet, the interior and defense ministers said in a joint statement.
The man, who was not immediately identified, was arrested and hospitalized, according to the statement by Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and Defense Minister Jean-Yves L Drian.
The attacker twice rammed his car into the soldiers guarding the main mosque in Valence, the mayor and a spokesman for the prosecutor's office said. The soldiers, some thrown to the ground, fired warning shots and one then fired to disable the driver, who was hit in the arm and leg, Mayor Nicolas Daragon told iTele TV.
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Shooting to disable is always portrayed as ill-advised, very difficult, bordering on impossible by the gun-transfixed. The French soldiers, therefore, should be reprimanded for not killing him.
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