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| A 13-year-old girl has been killed after a man crashed his car into a pizzeria on the outskirts of Paris. At least eight other diners were injured, four of them critically, including an eight-year-old girl. | |
| The driver, who French police said appeared to have been acting deliberately, rammed into the terrace of the restaurant in a shopping area at Sept-Sorts, a small suburb 34 miles (55km) to the east of Paris. | |
| Witnesses said the car went through the terrace into the restaurant, where the girl and her family were dining, at around 9pm then tried to reverse out. | |
| French media reported that the arrested man, aged 31, told police he wanted to commit suicide and claimed to have several weapons in his vehicle. | |
| Officers said his statements were “confused”, but that he was completely unknown to police and security services. | |
| Pierre-Henry Brandet, a spokesperson for the French interior ministry, said there was little doubt the attack was deliberate and claimed the driver was “psychologically unstable”. He added: “The reaction of the forces of order was immediate.” | |
| A witness told BFMTV: “A car drove into the terrace and crashed into the bar. The driver tried to reverse but someone stopped them. The gendarmes arrived quickly. There were around 20 people in the restaurant.” | A witness told BFMTV: “A car drove into the terrace and crashed into the bar. The driver tried to reverse but someone stopped them. The gendarmes arrived quickly. There were around 20 people in the restaurant.” |
| A judicial official said the Paris prosecutor’s office, which oversees French terrorism investigations, was not involved in the case because there was no proof of terrorism at this stage. A security official said there was no evidence of a political or Islamic extremist motive. | |
| But both officials said authorities viewed the driver’s actions as a deliberate act. | |