Driver Hits Crowd Of Pedestrains

 Eleven  people have been injured after a driver shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ deliberately run into pedestrians in several locations in the French city of Dijon.

AFP reports that,“Nine people were lightly injured and two others seriously but their lives do not appear to be in danger,” police source said.

According to Le Figaro, there were three people inside the car. The driver first hit 4 pedestrians and then crashed into a crowd of 7, reports Le Bien Republic.
The driver tried to escape the scene of the accident, but was caught and detained by the police. The perpetrator was “apparently imbalanced and had been in a psychiatric hospital,” the source told AFP, adding that “for now his motives are still unclear”.
According to witnesses, besides“Allahu Akbar”the driver also shouted that that he was acting “for the children of Palestine.”
Prime Minister of France, Mr. Manuel Valls has expressed his support and solidarity with the victims of the incident and their families.
The Sunday incident happened 24 hours  after a French man armed with a knife stormed a police station at Joue-les-Tours near the city of Tours and stabbed three police officers, also reportedly shouting ‘God is great’ in Arabic. The attacker was shot dead by police.