Motorist suspected of running into feminist activists

The Montpellier police station (illustration) -

A motorist is suspected of having deliberately darkened with his car on four women, members of a feminist collective, Sunday evening, in Montpellier (Hérault), learned

from Fabrice Bélargent, the public prosecutor.

While they were putting up posters, these women members of the Collages contre les feminicides collective were reportedly approached by the suspect, who would have stopped his vehicle at their level.

The man is suspected of having made inconsistent remarks, and uttered threats against them.

He would then have left the scene.

I have just learned that last night, a man intentionally drove into splicers in Montpellier.

It is a technique frequently used by the authors of feminicides.

What a horror .. I have no words.

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- Marguerite Stern (@Margueritestern) September 1, 2020

Investigations in progress

The suspect would have returned a few minutes later.

It is there that he is suspected of having attacked the four victims.

“He accelerated, he climbed on the sidewalk, then he crashed into the legs of my three friends, tells France Bleu Hérault one of the victims, who avoided being hit.

It was so fast and so violent.

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Investigations are underway to try to identify the suspect.

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