Overview
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said five people were struck over 35 minutes, with two gravely injured, revising earlier reports that put the toll near ten.
- Police subdued a 35-year-old local man with a stun gun after he tried to set his car on fire along the route between Dolus-d’Oléron and Saint-Pierre-d’Oléron.
- The suspect shouted “Allahu Akbar” at the time of arrest, but authorities have opened an attempted murder probe and have not concluded a terrorist motive.
- Reports that gas cylinders were in the vehicle are being checked by investigators, and several victims were airlifted to hospitals in Poitiers.
- Local officials say the man was known for petty offenses and alcohol- and drug-related problems and was not listed on France’s radicalisation watchlist.