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Paris: Man arrested for trying to plough through pedestrians outside mosque

by IBNS 29 Jun 2017, 11:07 pm

Paris, Jun 30 (IBNS): Police arrested a man after his failed attempt to drive a car through pedestrians outside a Paris mosque, reports said.

The incident took place on Thursday afternoon.

However, police said no one was hurt as the man hit the barriers set up in-front of the mosque for protection.

According to a local newspaper, the attacker is of Armenian origin and wanted to avenge Islamist-linked attacks in the French capital.

Earlier this month, at least one person was killed in a similar incident in Finsbury, England.

Europe has witnessed a surge in vehicle attacks in the past two years.

France has come under repeated attacks from the IS, who in a letter to the French people threatened to carry out more attacks in the future if the country's government did not stop their anti-terror campaign.