Thursday, November 6, 2025 - A driver screaming 'Allahu Akbar' ploughed into a crowd of pedestrians on a French holiday island, leaving at least ten people injured.
The car veered towards walkers and cyclists at about 8.45am
today as the 35-year-old @ttacker attempted to hit 'everyone he encountered' on
the island of Oléron off the West coast of France, officials say.
The driver, who was @rrested after being tasered by
police, attempted to set fire to his vehicles with a number of gas cylinders in
his car after ploughing into the crowd of pedestrians and cyclists, French
media reported.
An attempted murd3r investigation has been launched, La
Rochelle public prosecutor Arnaud Laraize said, but the anti-terr0rism
prosecutor’s office is “not involved at this stage”.
The injured reportedly include the parliamentary assistant
of National Rally MP Pascal Markowsky, who is in a critical condition. Le
Parisien reports the rest are aged between 22 and 67 years old.
The suspect is a 35-year-old man who is known locally for
his “numerous transgressions, notably due to his regular consumption of dr#gs
and alc0hol”, the mayor of Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, Christophe Sueur, told Le
Parisien.
He lives in La Cotiniere (Charente-Maritime), a small
fishing village on Ile d’Oleron, a western island connected by road to the
French mainland region of Rochefort
“At the time of his @rrest, [the man] shouted Allahu Akbar.
However, the motive is not confirmed, and the investigation will have to
determine it,” Mr Laraize added to the outlet.
The suspect is not believed to be on the French authorities’
list for the prevention of radicalization leading to terr0rism, Le
Figaro reported.
Victims were airlifted to the University Hospital of
Poitiers, while a psychological support unit has been set up at Chateau
d’Oleron.
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