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| Marseille incident: Van crashes into two bus shelters killing at least one person in the southern French city | Marseille incident: Van crashes into two bus shelters killing at least one person in the southern French city |
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| At least one woman has been killed and another injured after a van crashed into two bus shelters in the French city of Marseille. | At least one woman has been killed and another injured after a van crashed into two bus shelters in the French city of Marseille. |
| Police advised the public to avoid the Old Port area where the driver of the Renault Master, a 35-year-old man from Grenoble, was arrested. | |
| The driver first hit a bus shelter around 8:15am in the 13th arrondissement in the poorer northern part of France's second-largest city, before hitting a second bus shelter an hour later in the 11th arrondissement, several miles south. | The driver first hit a bus shelter around 8:15am in the 13th arrondissement in the poorer northern part of France's second-largest city, before hitting a second bus shelter an hour later in the 11th arrondissement, several miles south. |
| A woman in her 40s was killed at the second bus stop in front of a KFC restaurant and a man injured at the first, French media said. | A woman in her 40s was killed at the second bus stop in front of a KFC restaurant and a man injured at the first, French media said. |
| BFM-TV said a witness noted the licence plate of the van and was able to give it to police. | |
| Media reports say the driver was known to police for minor crimes and has psychological issues. | Media reports say the driver was known to police for minor crimes and has psychological issues. |
| France's counter-terrorism prosecutor said it had not taken up the case at this stage, while a police official said “the terrorist motive is completely rejected”. | |
| "The arrest was made in a surprisingly calm fashion, no gunshots were exchanged," David Reverdy, of the Alliance police union in Marseille, told BFM TV. | "The arrest was made in a surprisingly calm fashion, no gunshots were exchanged," David Reverdy, of the Alliance police union in Marseille, told BFM TV. |
| "The distance travelled by the driver suggests a certain determination," Mr Reverdy said. | |
| "But we can ask ourselves: why these places? If one wanted to cause carnage, other places in Marseille, at another time of day, would have been more logical," he said. | "But we can ask ourselves: why these places? If one wanted to cause carnage, other places in Marseille, at another time of day, would have been more logical," he said. |
| The crash comes just days after back-to-back van attacks in Barcelona and the Spanish resort town of Cambrils killed 14 people. | The crash comes just days after back-to-back van attacks in Barcelona and the Spanish resort town of Cambrils killed 14 people. |
| France has been under a state of emergency since Islamist militants killed 130 people in and around Paris in November 2015. | France has been under a state of emergency since Islamist militants killed 130 people in and around Paris in November 2015. |
| Another 86 people were killed in an attack in Nice in July last year, when a Tunisian man drove a truck along the seafront boulevard, mowing down Bastille Day revellers. | Another 86 people were killed in an attack in Nice in July last year, when a Tunisian man drove a truck along the seafront boulevard, mowing down Bastille Day revellers. |