Woman is killed and 19 hurt as car plows into anti-fascists at white nationalist rally: Driver 'intentionally' accelerates into crowd and is arrested after riot cops use tear gas to break up violent clashes
- A car plowed into at least 26 counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville on Saturday
- Charlottesville Police Chief Al Thomas said a total of 35 people had been treated for injuries after incident
- He also confirmed the deceased victim was a 32-year-old woman, who was struck as she crossed the street
- Police said male driver was arrested few blocks away from bloody scene but they haven't released his name
- But the car is registered to James Fields, 20, of Ohio who was booked on suspicion of second-degree murder
- A Dodge Challenger is filmed ramming into a line of people, then reversing quickly away from the scene
- Before the smash, 15 were already being treated after heated clashes at Unite the Right rally
- The event was being held at Emancipation Park and hundreds were seen stomping through the city
- A local state of emergency was declared around 11am and the rally was determined an unlawful assembly
- A state police helicopter covering the rally crashed near a golf course within city limits, killing two officers
- President Trump admonished the day's events, saying: 'We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, violence, on many sides'
- Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe strongly condemned all of the so-called 'patriotic' white nationalists Saturday
- 'Go home. You are not wanted in this great commonwealth. You are not patriots,' McAuliffe proclaimed
By Valerie Edwards and Cheyenne Roundtree and Hannah Parry
Published: 01:43 EDT, 12 August 2017 | Updated: 20:42 EDT, 12 August 2017
At least one person is dead after a driver intentionally plowed into a group of anti-fascist protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, following violent clashes that erupted between white nationalists and activists on Saturday.
Authorities said the deceased victim was a 32-year-old woman, whose identity has not been released pending her family's notification.
Video shows the Dodge Challenger accelerating into the crowd throwing bodies into the air as people scream before reversing at high speed – sending another 19 people to the hospital for their injuries.
It came after violent clashes erupted as hundreds of white supremacists including armed militias marched into Charlottesville sparking violent confrontations with the counter-protesters. Police cleared the scene with tear gas but the violence continued.
The alleged driver of the car was apprehended and is currently in police custody. The car is registered to James Alex Fields, 20, of Ohio, according to The Washington Post. He was arrested a few blocks away from the bloody scene.
Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail Superintendent Martin Kumer told The Post that a man with the same name and age was booked Saturday on suspicion of second-degree murder, malicious wounding, failure to stop for an accident involving a death, and hit and run. Fields is being held without bail.
Charlottesville Police Chief Al Thomas said a total of 35 people had been treated for injuries, 14 of those were from individual engagements on the streets.
Horrifying video from the scene of the attack shows the silver muscle car speeding towards a group of fleeing anti-fascist protesters.
Another clip shows the vehicle ramming into the crowd at high speed and victims crying out in pain as they desperately seek medical help.
Witnesses said the car was traveling up to 40 miles an hour when it hit and reversed before ramming into the crowd again and speeding off with someone's shoe attached to its bumper.
Virginia Gov Terry McAuliffe strongly condemned all of the so-called 'patriotic' white nationalists during a press conference Saturday evening.
'Go home. You are not wanted in this great commonwealth,' McAuliffe proclaimed.
'You are not patriots,' he said. 'You came here today to hurt people and that is not patriotic,' McAuliffe added.
Witnesses said moments before the car plowed into the crowd, a counter-protester had allegedly thrown a rock at the car, causing the driver to swivel around and ram into people and two cars in its way.
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A Dodge Challenger (pictured) intentionally plowed into counter protesters, killing one woman and hospitalizing 19 others, as violence erupted at a rally where thousands of white nationalists gathered for an alt-right event in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday. Police said a total of 35 people were treated for injuries
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Witnesses said the car was traveling up to 40 miles an hour when it hit and reversed before ramming into the crowd again and speeding off with someone's shoe attached to its bumper
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The alleged driver of the car was apprehended and is currently in police custody. He was arrested a few blocks away from the bloody scene. The suspect's name has not yet been released. Pictured: The car that allegedly ran into several people
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A counter protester had allegedly thrown a rock at the car, causing the driver to swivel around and accelerate into people and two cars in its way, before driving away from the scene
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Rescue personnel help an injured woman after a car ran into a large group of counter protesters. There were several hundred people marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them
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Rescue personnel help an injured man after the car drove into a large group of protesters after the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville
Much more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...VA-campus.html