2025 Island of Oléron car ramming

2025 CE.

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On 5 November 2025, a car ramming occurred in Dolus-d'Oléron, a village on the French island of Oléron, in which a man deliberately drove a car into a crowd of pedestrians and cyclists, injuring at least five people, including two critically. The perpetrator shouted "Allahu Akbar", as his motive is currently under investigation.

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