Another car ramming jihad attack in Paris
The criminal appears to have been caught, and what's noteworthy here is that he was driving an expensive vehicle, a BMW:
The suspected driver who rammed a vehicle into a crowd of soldiers, injuring six of them, in a Paris suburb was arrested Wednesday after he was wounded during a brief standoff with police, French officials said.It most definitely does sound like the attack was planned, and that he drove a luxury brand car only proves common jihadists aren't solely "poverty stricken". Though I will have to note that people who commit acts of violence against even innocent authorities don't deserve any money or fortune at all.
The driver of a BMW was wounded in a gunfight on a highway north of Paris, a judicial official said. Shots were fired when the arrest turned violent. The man was stopped as police were hunting for the vehicle that was involved in an attack French police believe may have had a terror motive.
The condition of the man, who was not immediately identified, is unknown at this time. He was arrested hours after a driver rammed a car into a crowd of soldiers, leaving at least three of the six hit with serious injuries -- though they were believed to be non-life threatening. Two French officials told The Associated Press it was too early to say for certain the man was the driver.
The soldiers were part of the 35th infantry regiment in the suburb of Saint-Mande and were leaving their barracks just after 8 a.m. when the attack occurred. France's Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told reporters the driver targeted the soldiers in a calculated car attack.
[...] The service members were part of Opération Sentinelle, an anti-terrorism operation that was created after the 2015 Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris. The mission's aim is to protect civilians.
Collomb said Wednesday's car attack marks the sixth time soldiers with the Sentinelle operation have been targeted.
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