"Five people have been injured, two of them seriously, after a driver deliberately mowed down pedestrians and cyclists on a small French island off the Atlantic coast, prosecutors say. The incident happened around 9am local time (8:00 GMT) on Wednesday at the tourist hot spot of Ile d'Oleron, when the motorist smashed into people multiple times along a main road over the course of 35 minutes, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said from the scene."
"The alleged driver was arrested and is being investigated for attempted murder, Nunez said. Local media identified him as a 35-year-old French national living in a nearby fishing community. Earlier in the day, prosecutor Arnaud Laraize said the suspect shouted God is the greatest in Arabic when he was arrested. Nunez told reporters the case is not being investigated for terrorism."
"The sleepy isle of Oleron home to about 21,000 full-time residents was left reeling on Wednesday afternoon as two helicopters ferried the seriously injured victims to the mainland and a crisis centre was set up. We are extremely shocked, Thibault Brechkoff, mayor of the island's Dolus d'Oleron commune, told BFM-TV, adding that he personally contacted the mother of one of the victims. You're never prepared to announce news like this, he said."
A motorist deliberately mowed down pedestrians and cyclists on Ile d'Oleron, striking people multiple times along a main road over about 35 minutes around 9am. Five people were injured, two seriously; one 22-year-old woman suffered multiple traumas. The suspect, identified by local media as a 35-year-old French national from a nearby fishing community, was arrested and is being investigated for attempted murder. Authorities say the suspect shouted "God is the greatest" in Arabic when arrested but the case is not being treated as terrorism. The suspect set his car on fire and police used a taser to detain him. Two helicopters transported seriously injured victims to the mainland and a crisis centre was established.
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