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| Driver attempts to hit soldiers in south-east France near Grenoble | Driver attempts to hit soldiers in south-east France near Grenoble |
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| A driver has attempted to run over a number of soldiers in southern France, according to local media. | A driver has attempted to run over a number of soldiers in southern France, according to local media. |
| The soldiers were not hurt, multiple reports said. | |
| It took place in the Varces-Allières-et-Risset area south of Grenoble at about 9am local time. | |
| Le Parisien reported that authorities were hunting the driver of a Peugeot car who fled following the apparent attack. | |
| The soldiers from the 93rd Mountain Artillery Regiment were returning from a jog near their base at the time. | |
| It comes less than a week after a gunman killed four people, including a police officer, in a terrorist attack in Trèbes. | |
| “Given the context, the incident is being taken seriously but we don’t know his motivations,” a source told Reuters on Thursday. | |
| Funerals for the Trèbes victims were due to take place on Thursday, a day after president Emmanuel Macron led a memorial to Lt Col Arnaud Beltrame, the gendarme who traded himself for hostages during last Friday's siege and subsequently died. | |
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