ROUEN: A man intentionally ploughed his car into a crowd outside a wine bar in northern France after an altercation early on Saturday, killing one person and injuring five others, two of them critically, prosecutors said.
The incident took place in the town of Evreux in the northern French region of Normandy at around 4am Saturday. An investigation has been opened into homicide and attempted homicide, according to the prosecutors, who ruled out any “terrorist” or racist motives.
“Unfortunately, the toll is very heavy,” Evreux public prosecutor Remi Coutin said. One man died at the scene, he added. Five people were injured, and two of them are in critical condition. Coutin said that “there was an altercation” between a young woman and several men.
The bouncers escorted all the patrons outside the bar located in the centre of the town of around 50,000 people.
“One person went to fetch a vehicle” and “deliberately reversed at high speed into the crowd outside the establishment”, Coutin added, saying the incident had “escalated and ended in a tragedy”.
Published in Dawn, August 31st, 2025