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Man runs car into troops protecting mosque

African and French peace keeping troops stand near a mass grave at a military camp in the 200 Villas neighbourhood of Bangui February 14, 2014.    REUTERS/Luc Gnago
African and French peace keeping troops stand near a mass grave at a military camp in the 200 Villas neighbourhood of Bangui February 14, 2014. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
The man was taken to hospital, and the mayor said his identity, motives and psychiatric state were not yet known.
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A soldier and a passer-by were slightly injured when a man tried to run his car into troops protecting a mosque in Valence in southern France on Friday, mayor Nicolas Daragon told the iTELE newschannel.

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The driver was also injured when the soldiers shot at him, Daragon said.

The passer-by was injured by a stray bullet shot by the soldiers, he said.

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