Aubervilliers restaurant attack

Aubervilliers restaurant attack
Aubervilliers
Location Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Date 11 June 2017
8:30 pm
Attack type
 Molotov cocktail
Deaths 0
Non-fatal injuries
 12

On 11 June 2017, a Molotov cocktail was thrown in a restaurant in Aubervilliers, a suburb of northern Paris in France. The attack injured 12 people, including six policemen, and caused a large blaze of the five-storey block the restaurant was part of.[1] It happened on the day of French parliamentary elections.

Three people were airlifted to hospital suffering severe burns. The arson attack has been linked to a "robbery gone wrong". It has been reported by local media outlets that staff stopped an attempted robbery before the suspect threw the petrol bomb whilst trying to escape.[2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ Walker, Harry (12 June 2017). "Twelve people injured after 'Molotov cocktail thrown into restaurant in Paris suburb'".
  2. ↑ "PressTV-12 injured in Paris Molotov cocktail attack".
  3. ↑ "Molotov cocktail is thrown into Paris restaurant leaving four injured". 11 June 2017.
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