Overview
- Around ten people were injured, including several in serious condition, after a car struck pedestrians and cyclists between Dolus‑d’Oléron and Saint‑Pierre‑d’Oléron.
- Authorities say the suspect shouted “Allahu Akbar” during his arrest, attempted to set his vehicle on fire, and was subdued with a Taser.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez traveled to the island as emergency services evacuated victims by helicopter and activated a crisis response.
- The detained suspect is a local man in his thirties, known for erratic behavior linked to alcohol and drug use, and he was not on France’s radicalization prevention file.
- Anti‑terror prosecutors had not taken over the case as of today, though their involvement was reported as being monitored or observational in some accounts.