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French police seek vehicle after soldiers hit and injured in Paris

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French soldiers were hit and injured by a vehicle in the western Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret, Paris police authorities said on Wednesday, adding that a security operation was underway in the area.

 

"Police intervention is underway. Search underway for vehicle," the Paris police department said in a Tweet.

 

Six soldiers were hurt, four of them lightly and two more seriously, a police department official added in response to a query from Reuters.

 

Patrick Balkany, the local mayor for the western Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret, had "no doubt" that the incident was a deliberate act.

 

"Without any doubt, it was a deliberate act," Balkany told BFM TV. "It's an odious act of aggression," Balkany also said, adding that the car in question was a BMW.

 

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