A driver has knocked down several people on the French island of Ile d’Oleron, a minister has said.

Two people are in intensive care following the incident and a man has been arrested, French interior minister Laurent Nunez said.

Several others were injured after the motorist struck pedestrians and cyclists, he added.

Mr Nunez said in a post on X that he was heading to the scene at the request of the French prime minister.

Thibault Brechkoff, the mayor of Dolus-d’Oleron, told BFMTV the suspect, in his 30s, shouted “Allahu Akbar” (Arabic for God is Greatest) when he was detained.

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