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| Driver Rams 2 Police Motorcyclists in a Paris Suburb | Driver Rams 2 Police Motorcyclists in a Paris Suburb |
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| By Reuters | By Reuters |
| PARIS — A motorist deliberately drove his car into two police motorcyclists on patrol in a Paris suburb on Monday, gravely injuring both, police unions said. One of the officers sustained a fractured skull and has been placed in a medically induced coma. | |
| The assault took place in Colombes, in the northwestern outskirts of Paris. | The assault took place in Colombes, in the northwestern outskirts of Paris. |
| Video footage circulating on social media and on the website of a newspaper, Le Parisien, showed one motorbike sandwiched between the crumpled hoods of a police car and a black BMW. Debris from a second bike lay strewn on the road. | Video footage circulating on social media and on the website of a newspaper, Le Parisien, showed one motorbike sandwiched between the crumpled hoods of a police car and a black BMW. Debris from a second bike lay strewn on the road. |
| “Two police motorcyclists in a serious condition after being deliberately hit in Colombes by an individual who also rammed a police car. Thoughts with our colleagues,” the Synergie-Officiers union wrote on Twitter. | “Two police motorcyclists in a serious condition after being deliberately hit in Colombes by an individual who also rammed a police car. Thoughts with our colleagues,” the Synergie-Officiers union wrote on Twitter. |
| Police sources say the suspect, 30, was arrested at the scene and lived nearby in a working-class area close to where unrest erupted last week. | |
| The French interior minister, Christophe Castaner, hailed the response of officers who gave first aid to their comrades at the scene. | The French interior minister, Christophe Castaner, hailed the response of officers who gave first aid to their comrades at the scene. |
| “My thoughts go out to the two injured policemen who were committed to protecting us,” Mr. Castaner wrote on Twitter. | “My thoughts go out to the two injured policemen who were committed to protecting us,” Mr. Castaner wrote on Twitter. |
| Police sources called the collision a deliberate act. Sources familiar with the investigation said the perpetrator had targeted the officers to avenge events in Palestine. | Police sources called the collision a deliberate act. Sources familiar with the investigation said the perpetrator had targeted the officers to avenge events in Palestine. |
| An investigation was being conducted, including psychiatric tests and searches, before a decision is made whether to hand the case over to France’s terrorism prosecutor, a source close to the inquiry said. | |
| France has suffered major attacks by Islamist militants. Police officers and soldiers have been targeted on multiple occasions in recent years. | France has suffered major attacks by Islamist militants. Police officers and soldiers have been targeted on multiple occasions in recent years. |
| In October, an information technology assistant at police headquarters in central Paris went on a knife rampage inside the building, killing four people before he was shot dead. | In October, an information technology assistant at police headquarters in central Paris went on a knife rampage inside the building, killing four people before he was shot dead. |