In Canada, a truck that struck a crowd resulted in the deaths of two persons and the injury of further people.
At 3 p.m. local time on Monday, police were called to the site in the northern Quebec town of Amqui.
After handing himself in to the police, the car’s 38-year-old local driver was taken into custody.
Sergeant Helene St-Pierre confirmed the two people killed were both men, one in his 60s and the other in his 70s.
Among the injured, two suffered serious injuries and the seven more were being evaluated.
Ms St-Pierre said investigators and accident reconstruction experts were working to establish the circumstances of the crash.
‘Everything indicates it was an isolated incident, and that there is no more danger in the area, and there is just one suspect,’ she said.
The incident happened along St-Benoit Boulevard in Amqui, a town about 220 miles northeast of Quebec City.
Pictures show large police presence at the scene, which was cordoned off with police tape. A baby stroller can also be see overturned on its side.
The regional health board confirmed that a ‘code orange’ had been declared at the Amqui hospital, which generally indicates a situation with a high number of casualties.
Meanwhile, an anonymous senior government official familiar with the matter said the incident was not terrorism or national security related.
Authorities have not yet mentioned any motive. It comes just a month after a man driving a city bus deliberately smashed into a daycare centre in Laval, killing two children.