At least twelve people have resulted woundssix of them in critical condition, after the explosion of a grenade launched against a bar located in the French city of Grenoble, which is located in the Rhone-Alpes (southeast) region.
According to police sources consulted by the newspaper ‘Le Figaro’, the explosion took place this Wednesday night south of the city, when “a person launched a grenade” to the establishment.
The attorney general, Christophe Barret, has reported that the attacker I was in possession of a Kalashnikov type assault rifle that apparently has not been used. The interim prosecutor of Grenoble Fraçois Touret-de Coucy, has added that no hypothesis on the mobile of this act has been ruled out, but The possibility of being a terrorist attack is not contemplated at this time.
The mayor of Grenoble, Éric Piolle, has condemned “in the most energetic terms the criminal act of unprecedented violence occurred in a premises in the district of the Olympic Village, causing more than ten injured, several of them serious”, as has indicated through his profile on the social network X. “I thank the security forces and emergency services for their rapid intervention. The hospital has activated its emergency plan to serve the injured. We are following the situation closely. The city will provide its support as it always, “he said.
