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France: 11 Hurt as Van Strikes Market France: 11 Hurt as Van Strikes Market
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The driver of a van that crashed into a Christmas market in Nantes on Monday stabbed himself several times after the crash, officials said. Eleven people, including the driver, were injured in the crash. An Interior Ministry spokesman, Pierre-Henry Brandet, said the driver “deliberately crashed into the crowd.” The episode occurred after a pair of weekend attacks — one in which a driver in Dijon ran down 13 bystanders, and another in which police officers were stabbed. The police arrested the driver in Dijon, who has a history of severe mental illness and no links to terrorism, a prosecutor said, while the assailant who stabbed the officers near Tours was killed by the police. None of the victims in those attacks died. The driver of a van that crashed into a Christmas market in Nantes on Monday stabbed himself several times after the crash, officials said. Eleven people, including the driver, were injured in the crash. An Interior Ministry spokesman, Pierre-Henry Brandet, said the driver “deliberately crashed into the crowd.” The episode occurred after a pair of weekend attacks — one in which a driver in Dijon ran down 13 bystanders, and another in which police officers were stabbed. The police arrested the driver in Dijon, who has a history of severe mental illness and no links to terrorism, a prosecutor said, while the assailant who stabbed the officers near Tours was killed by the police.