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Austria: Man drives van intentionally into group of people killing 3 and injuring 50
A man drove a van into a crowd of people in Graz, Austria, killing three and injuring 50, local media is reporting.
Public broadcaster ORF said the man had been arrested and the police had sealed off the central area of Austria's second city where the incident took place.
Among the three dead is a seven-year-old boy, reports the broadcaster.
It cited witnesses saying the man had ploughed his vehicle into the Saturday crowd at random, with pedestrians crashing off the windscreen and over the van.
The man got out of his van and attacked pedestrians with a knife before being arrested, reported Kleine Zeitung newspaper.
Among those killed was a cyclist, who a doctor unsuccessfully tried to resuscitate at the scene, reports Bild.
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"A killer used his car as a weapon and deliberately ran people down on a rampage. The perpetrator is in custody."
Public broadcaster ORF said the man had been arrested and the police had sealed off the central area of Austria's second city where the incident took place.
Among the three dead is a seven-year-old boy, reports the broadcaster.
It cited witnesses saying the man had ploughed his vehicle into the Saturday crowd at random, with pedestrians crashing off the windscreen and over the van.
The man got out of his van and attacked pedestrians with a knife before being arrested, reported Kleine Zeitung newspaper.
Among those killed was a cyclist, who a doctor unsuccessfully tried to resuscitate at the scene, reports Bild.
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"A killer used his car as a weapon and deliberately ran people down on a rampage. The perpetrator is in custody."
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/austria-man-drives-van-into-pedestrians-killing-two-launches-knife-attack-graz-1507164
Police say the killer apparently has mental health issues and is of Bosnian heritage. Police say it doesn't appear to be terrorism-related.
Screaming pedestrians hurried into stores in the busy shopping district as the man seemed to indiscriminately run people over including children.
