Man Threatens People With Knife in Milan, Driver Hits Him to Stop Him
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A man threatened people with a knife in Milan.
He is 41 years old. This happened in the city centre.
A driver saw the man with the knife. The driver was 29 years old.
The driver used his car to stop the man. He drove into him.
The man with the knife was hit by the car. He fell down.
Police came to the street. They talked to both men.
Now the police are looking at both men's actions.
This is called being 'investigated'. It means police check what happened.
Both men are investigated now. This is not a final decision.
No one knows what will happen next.
The story happened in the centre of Milan, Italy.
Vocabulary6 words
- threatened
- said or showed you might hurt someone
- centre
- the middle part of a city
- stop
- to make something not continue
- hit
- to touch something hard and fast, like a car hitting a person
- police
- people whose job is to keep order and safety
- investigated
- when police check facts about something that happened
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1. A knife 2. He hit him with his car 3. Yes
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A man ***threatened*** people with a knife in Milan.
He is 41 years old. This happened in the city ***centre***.
A driver saw the man with the knife. The driver was 29 years old.
The driver used his car to ***stop*** the man. He drove into him.
The man with the knife was ***hit*** by the car. He fell down.
Police came to the street. They talked to both men.
Now the ***police*** are looking at both men's actions.
This is called being '***investigated***'. It means police check what happened.
Both men are ***investigated*** now. This is not a final decision.
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