Several critically hurt on Ile d'Oléron in France after driver rams into 10 people

A man in his early 30s drove deliberately into people on the Ile d'Oléron off the French coast, a local mayor says.

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A local man in his mid-30s had deliberately driven into people and he was arrested after being immobilised with a stun gun, authorities said.

The man drove some distance between two villages on the island, mowing down several people including a young girl, the mayor of Dolus d'Oléron Thibault Brechkoff said.

He eventually abandoned his vehicle and set fire to it before running away, Brechkoff said.

The public prosecutor for La Rochelle, Arnaud Laraize, said the suspect was known to police and that he shouted "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest") at the moment of his arrest.