The suspect reportedly injured five pedestrians and cyclists, and is said to have claimed he “self-radicalized” online
Five people have been injured, two of them seriously, after a man plowed his car into pedestrians and cyclists on the French island of Oleron on Wednesday, local authorities have said. The driver reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” as he was taken into custody.
The 35-minute rampage took place along roads linking the communes of Dolus-d’Oleron and Saint-Pierre-d’Oleron, the Atlantic island’s main town. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez confirmed that five pedestrians and cyclists were struck before the driver was apprehended.
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