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| Twelve wounded after attacker throws grenade into Grenoble bar |
| 2025-02-14 |
| [Jpost] Twelve people were wounded, six critically, after a grenade was thrown into a bar in Grenoble, southeastern France on Wednesday night, French media reported. French prosecutor Francois Touret de Coucy said the attacker "came in, threw a grenade, didn't say a word, it seems, and then fled," according to the report. The attacker was also carrying an assault rifle - similar to a Kalashnikov - which he did not use, according to Touret de Coucy. The incident occurred in the city's Olympic Village district, built for the 1968 games. Chloé Pantel, deputy mayor of sector 6 of Grenoble, told AFP that the bar is "a gathering place for people from the neighborhood and from elsewhere, and is especially popular for watching football matches." Le Parisien reported that, according to a police source, the grenade's spoon was found at the scene of the explosion. Some 80 firefighters were present on the scene. TERRORISM RULED OUT According to Touret de Coucy, terrorism has been ruled out, but otherwise, there are no leads as to the motive yet. "Everything must be studied; we cannot say at this stage if it is linked to drug trafficking," he explained. "We can rule out a purely terrorist attack since there is nothing that leads us to believe that it is linked to terrorism," said the prosecutor. The attacker is on the run and is yet to be identified. No arrests have been made, according to the reports. Related: Grenoble: 2025-01-02 The rise of Marseille's 'Algerian mafia': How ruthless gang used teenage hitmen to surprise enemies and burned targets alive in brutal reign of terror that saw them take over city's drug network in a year Grenoble: 2023-06-07 France announces massive state aid to chips factory Grenoble: 2022-10-06 An 18-year-old girl is killed in a gun battle with police in southeastern France |
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