2021 Novara vehicle-ramming attack

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Novara ramming
Location Novara, Piedmont, Italy
Date18 June 2021
Target Workers protesting outside a market
Weapons Truck
Deaths1
Injured2
PerpetratorUnknown

The Novara ramming was a vehicle-ramming attack that occurred on the morning of 18 June 2021, during a protest outside a supermarket in Novara, Piedmont, Italy, resulting in one death and two injuries. [1]

Attack

About 20 workers were protesting outside a Lidl supermarket in the Guido il Grande street in the Italian city of Novara, Piedmont, when a man intentionally rammed his truck into the crowd, killing the 33-year-old Si Cobas voice speaker Adil Belakhdim, and wounding two fellow workers. The driver escaped from the scene but was arrested minutes later. [2]

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References

  1. Giorno, Il (June 18, 2021). "Novara, sindacalista investito e ucciso da un camion durante una manifestazione". Il Giorno (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-06-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Novara, morto sindacalista investito da tir durante manifestazione. Arrestato il camionista". Rai News (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-06-18.