Car plows into Belgium carnival crowd, killing six and injuring 10 others: Authorities

A automobile plowed into a gaggle of individuals at a carnival in Belgium early Sunday, killing six individuals and critically injuring 10 others, based on authorities. 

“A automobile drove from the again at excessive pace. And we have now a couple of dozen injured and sadly a number of people who find themselves killed,” La Louviere Mayor Jacques Gobert mentioned.

A crowd of over 150 had been gathered in Strépy-Bracquegnies, positioned about 30 miles south of Brussels, at daybreak for the beginning of celebrations of the carnival. 

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“At this stage, there are not any parts to recommend that the assault had a terrorist motive,” prosecutor Damien Verheyen instructed a information convention. 

Preliminary media studies acknowledged the automobile had probably been concerned in a high-speed chase with police earlier than the crash. The prosecutor’s workplace denied the studies later Sunday. 

The driving force and a second individual had been arrested as soon as the automobile got here to a cease. 

“What ought to have been an awesome occasion changed into a tragedy,” mentioned Belgian Inside Minister Annelies Verlinden.

The Related Press contributed to this report.