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A man has rammed his car into a group of students outside a French high school near Toulouse, injuring three people.A man has rammed his car into a group of students outside a French high school near Toulouse, injuring three people.
Police arrested the 28-year-old driver outside the Lycée Saint-Exupéry in Blagnac. He was reported to be “known to police” but not on the Fiche S security-risk list.Police arrested the 28-year-old driver outside the Lycée Saint-Exupéry in Blagnac. He was reported to be “known to police” but not on the Fiche S security-risk list.
Europe 1 radio reported that the man had told police he “received orders” to do what he did.Europe 1 radio reported that the man had told police he “received orders” to do what he did.
The three injured people - two women, both aged 23, and a 22-year-old man, all from China, were taken to hospital where two are in a serious, but not life-threatening, condition. All three of the victims students from China. A 23-year-old woman was the most seriously injured. Two men aged 22 and 23 were also hurt. The woman’s life is not in danger, police said.
More details soon The suspect had previously suffered severe psychiatric problems and was released from a court-ordered hospital stay in December 2016, the Toulouse prosecutor said.
The man had about 10 previous convictions, the prosecutor told the BFMTV news channel.
The investigation is to be handled by regular judicial police rather than Paris’s anti-terror unit, he said. BFMTV said the man was known to police for previous non-terror crimes.