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On the morning of 9 August 2017, a car rammed into a group of soldiers in the [[Levallois-Perret]] [[commune]] in the northwestern suburbs of [[Paris]]. Six soldiers were injured in the attack, three of them seriously. The driver fled the scene and was arrested on a highway between Boulogne and Calais, a couple of hours later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2017/08/09/01016-20170809ARTFIG00056-six-militaires-renverses-a-levallois-perret-le-vehicule-en-fuite-est-recherche.php |title=Militaires renversés à Levallois: un suspect interpellé |first1=Caroline |last1=Piquet |first2=Christophe|last2=Cornevin |date=9 August 2017 |newspaper=[[Le Figaro]] |accessdate=10 August 2017 |language=fr}}</ref> According to the French police the incident was terrorist-related.<ref name="sky">{{cite news|last1=Patel-Carstairs|first1=Sunita |title=Man held after terror attack on French soldiers |url=http://news.sky.com/story/french-soldiers-hit-by-vehicle-in-paris-10980625 |work=[[Sky News]] |date=9 August 2017 |accessdate=9 August 2017}}</ref> |
On the morning of 9 August 2017, a car rammed into a group of soldiers in the [[Levallois-Perret]] [[commune]] in the northwestern suburbs of [[Paris]]. Six soldiers were injured in the attack, three of them seriously. The driver fled the scene and was arrested on a highway between Boulogne and Calais, a couple of hours later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2017/08/09/01016-20170809ARTFIG00056-six-militaires-renverses-a-levallois-perret-le-vehicule-en-fuite-est-recherche.php |title=Militaires renversés à Levallois: un suspect interpellé |first1=Caroline |last1=Piquet |first2=Christophe|last2=Cornevin |date=9 August 2017 |newspaper=[[Le Figaro]] |accessdate=10 August 2017 |language=fr}}</ref> According to the French police the incident was terrorist-related.<ref name="sky">{{cite news|last1=Patel-Carstairs|first1=Sunita |title=Man held after terror attack on French soldiers |url=http://news.sky.com/story/french-soldiers-hit-by-vehicle-in-paris-10980625 |work=[[Sky News]] |date=9 August 2017 |accessdate=9 August 2017}}</ref> |
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== Background == |
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A few days preceding the attack, on 5 August 2017, a man tried to enter the [[Eiffel Tower]] with a knife and was arrested.<ref name="BisserbeDetailsEmerge">{{cite news |last1=Bisserbe|first1=Noemie |title=Details Emerge on Suspect in Paris Hit-and-Run |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/details-emerge-on-suspect-in-paris-hit-and-run-1502365407 |newspaper=[[Wall Street Journal]] |date=10 August 2017 |accessdate=11 August 2017}}</ref> The man shouted "Allahu Akbar". He told the investigators he wanted to attack a soldier and had been in contact with an ISIS member. An investigation was opened due to his statements and apparent radicalisation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40844091 |date=6 August 2017 |title=Eiffel Tower knifeman held by police |website=[[BBC News Online]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/internacionales/436089-hombre-detenido-cuchillo-torre-eiffel-queria-ataca/ |date=6 August 2017 |title=Hombre detenido con cuchillo en la Torre Eiffel quería atacar a militar |newspaper=[[El Nuevo Diario]] |language=es}}</ref> No one was hurt and the man was surrounded and surrendered.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/06/knife-brandishing-man-arrested-eiffel-tower-wanted-attack-soldier/ |date=6 August 2017 |title=Knife-brandishing man arrested at Eiffel Tower 'wanted to carry out Isil-inspired terror attack on soldier' |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> The assailant had a history of mental problems and after being deemed unfit for prosecution, was returned to the hospital where he had been discharged from a week earlier.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20170808-france-eiffel-tower-knife-attacker-returned-psychiatric-hospital |date=8 August 2017|title=Eiffel Tower knife attacker returned to psychiatric hospital |work=[[France 24]]}}</ref> |
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A total of five other terrorist incidents occurred in Paris in 2017. In February, a man attacked soldiers in [[Louvre]] with a machete. In March, a man was shot dead after attempting to get hold of a rifle from a soldier at [[Orly Airport]]. On 20 April, [[April 2017 Champs-Élysées attack|a man shot dead a police officer]] at the [[Champs-Élysées]] with an [[AK-47]]. On 6 June, a man attacked a police officer with a hammer at the [[Notre-Dame Cathedral]]. On 19 June, a second failed attack occurred at the Champs-Élysées.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://storymaps.esri.com/stories/terrorist-attacks/?year=2017|title=2017 Terrorist Attacks|date= 9 August 2017|website=storymaps.com}}</ref> This was the seventh attack on French security forces (police and soldiers) in the Paris region in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/vehicle-hits-soldiers-in-paris-suburb-injuring-6/2017/08/09/9212cb26-7cd6-11e7-b2b1-aeba62854dfa_story.html |first1=Angela |last1=Charlton |first2=Raphael |last2=Satter |title=Man ambushes French soldiers in car attack, later arrested |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=10 August 2017}}</ref> In addition, there was an attack on the offices of the International Monetary Fund in which a letter bomb exploded.<ref name="BredeenInjuringSix"/> |
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== Attack == |
== Attack == |
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| 2017 Levallois-Perret attack | |
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| Location | Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| Coordinates | 48°53′42″N 2°17′14″E / 48.895°N 2.2872°E |
| Date | 9 August 2017 08:00 (UTC+1) |
| Target | Soldiers taking part in Opération Sentinelle |
Attack type | Vehicular attack |
| Weapons | BMW vehicle |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 6 |
| Perpetrator | Hamou Benlatrèche[1] |
On the morning of 9 August 2017, a car rammed into a group of soldiers in the Levallois-Perret commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris. Six soldiers were injured in the attack, three of them seriously. The driver fled the scene and was arrested on a highway between Boulogne and Calais, a couple of hours later.[2] According to the French police the incident was terrorist-related.[3]
Attack
On the morning of 9 August 2017 at around 08:00, a car rammed into a group of a dozen soldiers of the 35th regiment of infantry stationed in Belfort who were taking part in Opération Sentinelle. According to Interior Minister Gérard Collomb, the car approached slowly, then sped up to deliberately target the soldiers. At least six were injured, three of them seriously. The car then fled the scene while the remaining soldiers tried to give chase. The attack was described as 'deliberate' by French police as the car was waiting for the soldiers to arrive at the spot the driver intended to attack.[3][4]
Four of the victims were transported to the Bégin Military Teaching Hospital in Saint-Mandé and the two more severely wounded soldiers were transported to the Hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy in Clamart, and their vital prognosis was not committed.[clarification needed][citation needed]
The Rouen and Lille Research and Intervention Brigade stopped the vehicle, a BMW 2 Series Active Tourer branded rental car driven by Hamou Benlatrèche, a 37-year-old Algerian national previously unknown to the intelligence services,[1] on the A16 autoroute after it was located at 1 pm. The driver who attempted to force the roadblock received five gunshot wounds was sent to a hospital in serious condition, as was a policeman who was also injured by a stray bullet fired by one of his colleagues.[5]
Interior Minister Gérard Collomb confirmed that a terrorist investigation had been launched.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Suspect in hit-and-run on French soldiers unknown to spy agencies: source". Business Insider. Reuters. 10 August 2017.
- ^ Piquet, Caroline; Cornevin, Christophe (9 August 2017). "Militaires renversés à Levallois: un suspect interpellé". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ a b Patel-Carstairs, Sunita (9 August 2017). "Man held after terror attack on French soldiers". Sky News. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ Bredeen, Aurelien (9 August 2017). "Car Slams Into Soldiers in Paris Suburb, Injuring Six". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ Willsher, Kim (9 August 2017). "French police search home of man suspected of driving into soldiers". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "French police arrest suspect after car ploughs into soldiers patrolling Paris". France 24. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
