A violent explosion shook a bar in the Olympic village district in Grenoble on Wednesday evening, injuring twelve people, two of them seriously, according to a new assessment of the authorities. The origin of the drama was identified: a grenade was thrown into the establishment, we learned from a police source.
“A person launched a grenade” on the Grenoble bar confirmed the public prosecutor in Grenoble, François Touret-de-Courcy. “For the moment, there is no hypothesis which is privileged, apart from the terrorist attack which is a priori excluded,” added the prosecutor, confirming a twelve -injured report, two of which are in absolute emergency but “not necessarily »With a committed vital prognosis.
An investigation is underway, the emergency services on the spot
The incident occurred shortly after 8 p.m., plunging the sensitive district into stupor. The exact circumstances of the gesture remain unknown at this stage. On the spot, the emergency services worked tirelessly until late in the evening, as noted by an AFP journalist. An investigation is underway to determine the motivations behind this act and identify those responsible.
The ecological mayor of Grenoble, Eric Piolle, condemned the explosion on Wednesday evening in a bar in the city, calling it as a “criminal act of incredible violence”.
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