US EditionSeveral critically injured after car ploughs into crowd on French island
- On Wednesday, a 35-year-old man rammed his car into pedestrians and cyclists on Île d'Oléron, wounding 10 people, including four seriously, between Dolus-d'Oléron and Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron.
- Thiebault Brechkoff and local officials said the suspect, about 35, was known to police for drug offences and lives in La Cotinière, not listed for radicalisation prevention.
- The suspect was tasered and taken into custody by gendarmes at the scene after he attempted to set his vehicle on fire with gas cylinders, French media and reports said.
- Paramedics and firefighters treated ten injured people and arranged hospital evacuations; the three most injured were airlifted to the University Hospital of Poitiers, while two victims remain in intensive care and four are in critical condition, and a psychological support unit was established at Château d'Oléron.
- Authorities mobilised all services while investigators handled the case as a criminal matter for now; Arnaud Laraize said anti-terror judges were not informed and a criminal probe for attempted murder was opened.
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9 injured in shocking car attack on France’s Oleron island
A driver rammed into pedestrians and cyclists on France’s Oleron island off its Atlantic coast on Wednesday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said, and at least nine people were injured before he was arrested, according to local officials. The 35-year-old suspect shouted “Allahu akbar” [Arabic for God is Greatest] when arrested by police, the local prosecutor, Arnaud Laraize, told Sud Ouest newspaper. French media said the motive for the attack r…
A total of nine people have been injured and two are in intensive care after a collision on Ile d'Oléron.
He caused several injuries to Dolus-d'Oleron and Saint-Pierre-d'Oleron. The motorist who accidented several people was questioned. The redaction made the point.
It hit pedestrians and cyclists, injuring at least ten people.
On the French island of Oléron, off the west coast near La Rochelle, a man drove a car into pedestrians and cyclists. Several people were injured in the collision, and at least two are in critical condition. The exact number of injuries is unclear. The mayor of the main town, Dolus-d'Oléron, reports nine injuries, while various media outlets have reported ten, four of whom are in critical condition. The driver has been arrested, and authorities …
The suspect on the French island of Île d'Oléron has already been arrested and the background to the crime is still unclear.
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