This news is breaking.
An eight-year-old girl has been killed after a car crashed through a busy pizzeria in a town near Paris tonight.
The incident is said to have left at least five others seriously injured at the restaurant in Seine-et-Marne.
#BREAKING: 1 killed and At least 8 people injured after car drives into a restaurant Seine-et-Marne #Paris; Driver arrested pic.twitter.com/mpySk9JQVb
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) August 14, 2017
BREAKING: Police: 1 girl dead, at least 5 people injured after driver rams into patrons at pizza restaurant east of Paris.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 14, 2017
French media reports one girl has died and at least five people are injured after a car drove into a pizza restaurant east of Paris
— Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) August 14, 2017
It is reported that the driver waited outside the restaurant in a BMW before crashing into the front terrace.
According to local reports, the suspect has been arrested.
French news outlets also say the driver deliberately drove into the building.
Anti-terrorist officers also reportedly arrived at the scene shortly after the incident, however, the public prosecutor’s office in the area told Sky News that it has “apparently no connection with a terrorist act”.
More to follow.
