Car plows into crowd at cafe outside Paris
The assailant has been detained by French police. While officials at first were reluctant to characterize the even as intentional, a French news station reports that police are now calling this a "deliberate" attack. They have not, however, dubbed it a "terrorist" attack.
The Guardian reports that a witness to the event said the driver attempted to reverse, but was stopped.
"A car drove into the terrace and crashed into the bar," the witness explained. "The driver tried to reverse but someone stopped them. The gendarmes arrived quickly. There were around 20 people in the restaurant."
Because the attack is not at this point being called an act of terrorism, the Paris prosecutor's office has not been involved.