Overview
- The 35-year-old suspect was arrested after a roughly 35-minute spree and set his car on fire, with a gas cylinder found inside the vehicle.
- Prosecutors in La Rochelle opened an investigation for attempted murder, while the national anti-terror office remains in observation and has not taken over.
- Two victims, a 22-year-old parliamentary assistant to an RN deputy and a 69-year-old cyclist, remain in critical care but their lives are no longer in immediate danger.
- The suspect shouted “Allah Akbar” during his arrest, and investigators are conducting phone-data analysis, searches and a psychiatric evaluation as he remains largely uncooperative.
- From Brazil, President Emmanuel Macron offered condolences and urged firmness, as RN figures and Gérard Larcher pressed authorities not to downplay potential radicalization.