Overview
- Police say the 35-year-old deliberately struck pedestrians and cyclists on Île d'Oléron before setting his car on fire and being detained.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez reports two victims remain seriously injured — a 22-year-old jogger and a 69-year-old cyclist — but none face life-threatening conditions.
- Investigators say the suspect shouted “Allah is great” at arrest and had recently begun studying Islam, though no ideological motive has been established and he was not flagged as radicalized.
- The anti-terror prosecutor's office is monitoring the case without taking it over, as local prosecutors pursue an attempted-murder probe and examine the suspect's prior convictions and substance use.
- President Emmanuel Macron expressed shock and confidence in the judiciary, while Rassemblement National figures accused the government of downplaying the incident; some early reports cited higher casualty figures than officials now confirm.