At least 12 injured as gunman armed with Kalashnikov rifle throws grenade into packed bar in Grenoble before fleeing

A GRENADE was thrown into a packed bar by a man with an assault rifle in France leaving 12 injured before the gunman fled.

Six people were seriously injured in the chilling attack on Wednesday night in Grenoble’s Olympic Village with two in a critical condition.

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Some 12 people were injured after a gunman threw a grenade into a bar[/caption]

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Cops work near the scene of the explosion[/caption]

Prosecutor François Touret de Coucy said: “A person came in, threw a grenade, didn’t say a word, it seems, and then fled.”

The assailant did not use the Kalashnikov-type assault rifle that he reportedly had.

The mayor of Grenoble, Eric Piolle, said he condemned the “criminal act of unprecedented violence that occurred in a business in the Olympic Village district”.

All the injured were taken to the Grenoble Alpes University Hospital, BFMTV reported.

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