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| France Dijon: Driver targets city pedestrians | France Dijon: Driver targets city pedestrians |
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| 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. | 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 in five different parts of the city in the space of half an hour. | He was arrested after targeting pedestrians in five different parts of the city in the space of half an hour. |
| He is said to be "apparently imbalanced" and to have spent time in a psychiatric hospital. | 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, 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. | 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. |
| 'Solidarity' | 'Solidarity' |
| A spokesman for the interior ministry told French TV he believed the attacker had been acting alone. | 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 driver has been known to police for minor incidents dating back 20 years, he added. |
| The prosecutor in Dijon said the attacker had a long history of mental illness and the incident was not linked to terrorism. | |
| The French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, tweeted (in French) to express his "solidarity" with the victims. | 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. | 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". | Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told French TV the man had been "very unstable". |
| Anti-terrorism investigators have opened an inquiry into the attack. | 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. | 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 | There have been a number of "lone wolf" attacks by Islamists in recent years |