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3 Hurt After Car Rams People in Southern France

by VOA News

   Three Chinese students were injured Friday when a man deliberately ran
   over them with his car near the city of Toulouse, France, police said.

   The French news channel BFM reports the driver, who was immediately
   arrested, was known to authorities for previous crimes but was not on a
   list of known extremists.

   Toulouse prosecutor Pierre-Yves Couilleau said in a statement the man
   has long suffered from psychological problems and was hospitalized
   until December of last year.

   "For the moment, it is not being looked at as a terrorist incident,
   although it is also not ruled out," he said.

   One police source told the French news agency that the driver
   "deliberately" tried to ram the students with his car, one of whom is
   in serious condition.

   All three of the victims, one woman and two men, are said to be in
   their early 20s.

   France has experienced a rash of vehicular terror attacks inspired by
   the Islamic State group, but there has been no immediate confirmation
   of the driver's identity or motive.

   Last year, a Tunisian man used a large truck to kill 86 people in the
   southern city of Nice.