At least twelve people were injured in the explosion of a grenade in a bar in southeastern France. Someone threw a grenade in the bar in the southeastern French city of Grenoble, said public prosecutor François Touret-de-Courcy on Wednesday evening for journalists. Twelve people were injured, two of them seriously. The authorities have excluded a terrorist background so far.
According to the public prosecutor, the explosion took place shortly after 8 p.m. in the village of Olympique, which was classified by the authorities as a problem area, the former Olympic village of the city. The attacker entered the bar and threw the grenade to “apparently without saying a word,” said the public prosecutor. Then he fled off the crime scene. At the time of crime, many guests stayed in the bar.
Motif of the attacker unclear
The motive of the attacker is currently unclear, the public prosecutor said. However, it is determined in all directions. A connection with the drug scene is one of the traces that are currently being followed. However, there are “no indications for a” terrorist background, “said Touret-de-Courcy. Instead, he found the crime in the criminal environment. This” extreme act of violence “can be” in connection with a settlement “in the Drug environment, he said.
According to the suspect, according to the initial information, it was also armed with a Kalashnikov assistant gun. However, it is still unclear whether he used this weapon.
In the late evening, countless rescue workers were deployed on the spot. Until the condition of the wounded, the public prosecutor said that their condition was “not necessarily” life threatening. The police confirmed that the explosion was caused by a thrown grenade.
Mayor condemned the crime
Mayor Éric Piolle condemned the crime in the online service x “strong”. He described them as a “criminal act of exceptional violence”. Vice mayor Chloé Pantel told the AFP press agency that the bar was “a place where the locals and people from outside the quarter, especially to watch football matches”.
Source: Krone
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