Overview
- Officials revised the toll to five injured after a 35-year-old local allegedly drove into pedestrians and cyclists over about 35 minutes between Dolus-d’Oléron and Saint‑Pierre‑d’Oléron.
- The suspect was tasered and arrested and shouted “Allahu Akbar” at the time of detention, according to the La Rochelle prosecutor.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said searches found explicit religious references at the suspect’s home and he is suspected of self‑radicalisation, though the motive remains unconfirmed.
- The national anti‑terrorism prosecutor’s office has not taken over the case, which is being led locally as an attempted‑murder investigation.
- Two victims remain in critical condition after evacuations to the University Hospital of Poitiers, and officials say the suspect tried to set his car on fire with reported gas cylinders inside.