Car rams into music festival in Villeurbanne “shouting terrorist threats”

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Rhône: He tries to drive into the crowd by car during a concert. A policeman injured. A crowd movement took place. The man could be arrested. In the night from Friday to Saturday around midnight, a man driving his car tried to rush into the crowd of spectators of a music festival in Villeurbanne near Lyon. The police intervene. The attacker managed to pass a first security barrier, which caused a crowd movement of the public to attend the concert of electronic music. Police officers from the Anti-Crime Brigade (BAC) managed to stop him in extremis. In the intervention, a policeman was injured. A terrorist act. The suspect shouted threats leaving no doubt about the terrorist nature of his act. The man was arrested and placed in custody. An investigation is under way, reports Le Progrès. According to franceinfo, the mis en cause is unknown to the intelligence services. According to the news channel, the man shouted “I am a terrorist! Just before being arrested.

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Terrorist threats spread panic near Lyon

Sputnik News, March 31, 2018:

During an electronic music festival that took place in the French commune of Villeurbanne, near Lyon, on Friday night, a man shouted terrorist threats and tried to rush into the crowd at the wheel. his car.

Terrorist threats shouted by an individual trying to drive a crowd gathered in a music festival in the town of Villeurbanne, bordering Lyon , have spread panic on the scene, according to local media.

The individual in the car made his first maneuver around midnight and passed a barrier of the music festival that was held at the Double-Mixed, on the campus of the Doua.

An anti-crime squad had to intervene to stop the disrupter. A policeman was wounded and the individual placed in police custody. He was found to be intoxicated.