Two people seriously injured and attacker arrested after car driven into pedestrians and cyclists on French island – as it happened

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At least nine people were injured, the mayor of Dolus-d'Oleron, Thibault Brechkoff, said in a post on Facebook.

He stressed the deliberate" nature of the incident, and said that local authorities were setting up a crisis centre to coordinate their response.