At least five people were injured after a driver rammed a vehicle into pedestrians and cyclists on France’s Oleron Island, according to French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez. Authorities quickly responded to the scene, and the suspect has reportedly been detained as investigations continue into the motive behind the attack.
00:30This morning, starting at 8.40 a.m., an individual drove his vehicle into a roadblock during which he deliberately, and I insist, hit a number of people who were in his path.
00:51They could have been on bikes or on foot.
00:55So, five people were hit and knocked down by this person.
01:00I think so. I'm not even sure. I think so.
01:03But, we have two people who are seriously injured in urgent need, including a 22-year-old woman who suffered multiple traumas and was evacuated to the hospital in Poitiers.
01:17So, two people in urgent need and three people in relatively urgent need.
01:23And then there will probably be several people involved, meaning that without having been physically injured, they witness the scene and are obviously very psychologically disturbed by these events.
01:33He set fire to his vehicle.
01:47Ah, in which the investigation will confirm all this.
01:51There could have been one or more gas cylinders, but the investigation will confirm that.
01:55But what I especially want to say is that the individual did not let himself be done in and the police officers from the Saint-Pierre de Laren Brigade who intervened had to use force, including using a taser to.
02:09Arrest him, he was arrested and is currently in police custody, so things are now being handled under the authority of the Public Prosecutor's Office and he is being questioned.
02:17So, I really want to thank you.
02:26And I would also like to point out that a deputy prosecutor from the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office is present on site, who is, uh, acting as an observer, I say, as an observer.
02:38So the Public Prosecutor's Office has not been notified, the La Rochelle prosecutor is still notified, and will communicate the case at the end of the day.
02:47That's what I can tell you once again.
02:50There you go, I was there to show the support of the government and the entire nation for the victims, two of whom were very badly affected, and I hope they recover as quickly as possible.
03:00There you go, but there are two people who are still in a very serious condition, and we all think that this individual is known for common law crimes.
03:09He is not known to the intelligence services for any kind of radicalization.
03:14He is not known to the intelligence services for any kind of radicalization.
03:18No, he was not known to the intelligence services.
03:21But he is an individual who had committed a number of common law crimes in the past.
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