Six people killed as car crashes into carnival in Belgium

Incident in Strepy-Bracquegnies in which 10 others were seriously injured does not appear to be militant attack, authorities say

A car drove at high speed into a group of Belgian carnival performers who were preparing a parade early on Sunday, killing six people and seriously injuring 10 others, authorities have said, adding that the incident did not appear to be a militant attack.

At this stage, there are no elements to suggest that the attack had a terrorist motive," the prosecutor Damien Verheyen told a news conference. Police denied media reports that the car was involved in a high-speed chase.