This Sunday morning, around 5 a.m., a motorist drove into the crowd in Strépy-Bracquegnies, a district of the city of La Louvière, in Belgium.

According to an initial report, at least four people were killed.

Many people gathered early this Sunday to attend the collection of the Gilles before the start of the carnival festivities.

A car arrived relatively quickly, hitting a group of a hundred people according to several Belgian media.

The motorist continued on his way before being finally arrested, report our colleagues from

Le Soir

.

According to the mayor of the town, Jacques Gobert, a provisional report shows four people killed and 12 others injured.

He also told the Belga press agency that the car was traveling at "high speed".

It is currently unknown whether the driver intentionally drove into the crowd.

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