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Northern France crowd crash August 2026
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FIRST ENTRY AUG 27
AUG 27 · Day 1
Car crashes into crowd in northern France
The suspect was a 26-year-old man born in Russia and was arrested around 20km away in the port town of Ouistreham.
The incident took place near a bar.
Bruno Coutanceau told AFP that all of the victims appeared to be men between the ages of 17 and 40.