A car was driving into pedestrians and cyclists on France's Ile d'Oléron off the Atlantic coast, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said, and at least five people were injured before he was arrested, according to local officials.

Le Parisien newspaper said investigators were looking into the possibility that the suspect might be mentally disturbed. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A car was driving into pedestrians and cyclists on France's Ile d'Oléron off the Atlantic coast, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said, and at least nine people were injured before he was arrested, according to local officials.

Nov. 5 (UPI) -- At least 10 people were injured, two critically, after police said a man purposely drove into pedestrians and cyclists Wednesday on a holiday island off southwestern France.

A French man rammed his car into pedestrians and cyclists on Oleron island off France's Atlantic coast on Wednesday, injuring five people and shouting "Allahu Akbar" when arrested by police, officials said. Officials including Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the motive for the attack on a quiet island popular with…

A motorist “deliberately” hit five people over 35 minutes on Île d’Oléron, a quiet French island popular with summer tourists off the Atlantic coast. An investigation for attempted murder is underway, but the case is not being treated as a terrorist investigation . The suspect was already known by police for petty crimes, and his motives remain unclear.

A man in his early 30s drove deliberately into people on Oléron, off the French coast, officials say.

It happened on an island off the city of La Rochelle.