Grenade thrown into Grenoble bar injures 12, say French authorities

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/13/france-grenade-blast-grenoble-injured

Summary

A grenade attack at a crowded bar in Grenoble, France, injured 12 people on Wednesday, with six in critical condition.

The attacker, who carried but did not use a Kalashnikov-style rifle, fled the scene.

Authorities do not believe the attack was terrorism-related, but the motive remains unknown.

Local officials, including Mayor Eric Piolle, condemned the “extraordinary violence.”

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earphone843@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

That's pretty wild that no one was dead from it. Grenades have a pretty large kill radius.

stormdelay@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

That could still change, a number of the victims might still die from their wounds unfortunately

earphone843@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y

I meant immediate deaths.

Yomope@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y (5 replies)

How could this not be terrorism-related when it’s pure terrorism?

Mihies@programming.dev · 12 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It could be a spat between crime organizations, stupid revenge or something.

Edit: added somehow missing word spat

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Also could be that someone ordered a pineapple cocktail and the bartender got confused.

stormdelay@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y

Authorities are investigating a possible link to drug trafficking, terrorism implies some sort of political revendication/objective which so far has not been the case

Noodle07@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

It's Grenoble, 95% chance it's drug related. It happens here lol 🤷

JustJack23@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y

I bet it's because the perpetrator was white.

(This is a joke, it is not known if the perpetrator was white)