Man charged with murder over car driven into protesters at US white supremacist rally
A woman died during demonstrations against nationalists in Charlottesville.
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A man accused of driving into a crowd protesting against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been indicted on 10 felony counts including first-degree murder.
Court records show a grand jury returned an indictment against 20-year-old James Alex Fields, from Ohio.
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Prosecutors say Fields drove into peaceful counter-protesters as the rally drew hundreds of white nationalists to the Virginia college town in August.
A woman was killed and 35 people were injured.
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Fields, described by a former teacher as fascinated with Nazism, was initially charged with second-degree murder. The charge was upgraded last week.
Also indicted were three men charged in connection with an attack on a man in a parking garage on the day of the rally, and a man charged with firing a gun.