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Two people were critically injured when a driver rammed into at least five people during a half-hour rampage at a popular tourist island off France’s Atlantic coast on Wednesday morning.
The male suspect, 35, rammed the vehicle into pedestrians and cyclists on Île d’Oléron at 8.40am before attempting to set fire to his car with a number of gas cylinders inside in a “deliberate act”, according to reports.
Local media reported that the suspect, named as Jean G, had committed previous offences and suffered from
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