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France Dijon: Driver targets city pedestrians France Dijon: Driver targets city pedestrians
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A driver shouting "God is great" in Arabic has run down pedestrians in the French city of Dijon, injuring 11, two seriously, French media say. A driver shouting the Islamic phrase "God is great" in Arabic has run down pedestrians in Dijon, France, injuring 11, two seriously, French media say.
He was arrested after targeting pedestrians at five locations. He was arrested after targeting pedestrians in five different parts of the city in the space of half an hour.
The suspect is "apparently imbalanced and had been in a psychiatric hospital", a source close to the investigation said. He is said to be "apparently imbalanced" and to have spent time in a psychiatric hospital.
French police shot dead a man on Saturday after he attacked them with a knife, also shouting "God is great".French police shot dead a man on Saturday after he attacked them with a knife, also shouting "God is great".
The lives of the two people seriously injured in Dijon are not said to be in danger.The lives of the two people seriously injured in Dijon are not said to be in danger.
Witnesses told police the driver had said he was "acting for the children of Palestine", the source told the AFP news agency. Witnesses told police the driver, aged around 40, had also said he was "acting for the children of Palestine", an unnamed source close to the investigation told AFP news agency.
There were two other passengers in the car at the time, according to some reports. 'Solidarity'
A spokesman for the interior ministry told French TV he believed the attacker had been acting alone.
The driver has been known to police for minor incidents dating back 20 years, he added.
The French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, tweeted (in French) to express his "solidarity" with the victims.
In Saturday's incident, a man injured three police officers in the city of Tours before being shot dead.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told French TV the man had been "very unstable".
Anti-terrorism investigators have opened an inquiry into the attack.
France has the largest number of Muslims in western Europe - estimated at between five and six million.
There have been a number of "lone wolf" attacks by Islamists in recent years