- A man rushed on pedestrians Sunday morning in downtown Angers.
- The driver, who was in possession of knives, caused panic.
- He suffers from psychiatric disorders and has been hospitalized.
The driver of a "crazy car" which killed fifteen but not seriously injured Sunday, was hospitalized in a psychiatric ward, we learned Monday from the Angers prosecutor's office. Sunday, around 10 am, in the city center of Angers, the car crashed into pedestrians and crashed into cars and bicycles, without seriously injuring anyone, "by unbelievable luck", said the public prosecutor of the Republic of 'Angers Eric Bouillard. Patrick, a witness to the accident, evokes a "miracle": "I was walking on the sidewalk. Suddenly the car came towards me. She was already going fast but suddenly accelerated. She moved towards me, went up on the sidewalk. I jumped to avoid it. "
"Hospitalization under duress"
The driver then got out of his vehicle "with knives in his hand", causing panic, particularly among a group of SCO volleyball players (N3) present at the time, the prosecutor also said. The police, after surrounding the area, arrested the driver shortly before 2 p.m.
During his police custody on Sunday, a first psychiatric assessment revealed that "he is unable to support police custody", leading, in the evening, to his "forced hospitalization" in psychiatry, said the prosecutor.
He wanted to be killed by the police
Without giving details, the 25-year-old man from Guinea Conakry said he wanted to "end life" and "be killed by the police," according to Eric Bouillard. "Inserted, with a job, a partner and a baby", he was "followed for psychiatric disorders", but showed "no signs of radicalization", he added.
Among the fifteen victims identified, some were targeted by the driver and managed to escape, others were hit by the car, without significant injuries, according to the same source.
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