Police say seven people sustained ‘serious but not life-threatening injuries’ and they are ‘keeping an open mind about motives’ A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car struck several pedestrians on one of Derby’s busiest streets. Derbyshire police said seven people were injured, sustaining “a range of serious but not…
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- Police say seven people sustained ‘serious but not life-threatening injuries’ and they are ‘keeping an open mind about motives’ A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car…
- Derbyshire police said seven people were injured, sustaining “a range of serious but not life-threatening injuries”, in the incident in Friar Gate at about 9.30pm on Saturday.
- The force said that “contrary to online speculation” there were no deaths.
- It said detectives were working alongside officers from counter-terrorism policing but were not yet designating the incident as a terror attack and were “keeping an open mind about the potential…
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- Police say seven people sustained ‘serious but not life-threatening injuries’ and they are ‘keeping an open mind about motives’ A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car…
- Derbyshire police said seven people were injured, sustaining “a range of serious but not life-threatening injuries”, in the incident in Friar Gate at about 9.30pm on Saturday.
- The force said that “contrary to online speculation” there were no deaths.
Why it matters
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- Derbyshire police said seven people were injured, sustaining “a range of serious but not life-threatening injuries”, in the incident in Friar Gate at about 9.30pm on Saturday.
- The force said that “contrary to online speculation” there were no deaths.
- It said detectives were working alongside officers from counter-terrorism policing but were not yet designating the incident as a terror attack and were “keeping an open mind about the potential…