Hit-and-run on soldiers a 'deliberate act' - French interior minister
Title: Hit-and-run on soldiers a 'deliberate act' - French interior minister
Summary: SAINT-MANDE, FRANCE (AUGUST 9, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTER GERARD COLLOMB AND FRENCH MINISTER OF ARMED FORCES FLORENCE PARLY ARRIVING AT HOSPITAL AND GREETING ARMY OFFICIALS COLLOMB, PARLY AND ARMY OFFICIALS WALKING TOWARD HOSPITAL ENTRANCE VARIOUS OF BEGIN MILITARY HOSPITAL AMBULANCE LEAVING PARKING LOT
Embargoed: 23rd August 2017 13:25
Keywords: Levallois-Perret France Sentinelle soldiers Gerard Collomb Florence Parly
Location: SAINT-MANDE, FRANCE
City: SAINT-MANDE, FRANCE
Topics: Crime/Law/Justice
Reuters ID: LVA0016TFPYYV
Story Text: French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb on Wednesday (August 9) condemned the hit-and-run on Sentinelle soldiers in a Parisian suburb that left six injured, calling it a "deliberate act".
In an attack that authorities said bore the stamp of terrorism, the driver appeared to have lain in wait for the soldiers in a pedestrian zone near their base in Levallois-Perret.
Collomb and French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly spoke to journalists after visiting three of six injured at the Begin military hospital. Parly said the soldiers were not as seriously injured as previously thought.
The attack was the 15th on soldiers and police since they were deployed in large numbers nationwide after a series of Islamist militant attacks over the past two-and-a-half years.