France Dijon: Driver targets city pedestrians

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France Dijon: Driver targets city pedestrians

A driver shouting "God is great" in Arabic has run down pedestrians in the French city of Dijon, injuring 11, two seriously, French media say.

He was arrested after targeting pedestrians at five locations.

The suspect is "apparently imbalanced and had been in a psychiatric hospital", a source close to the investigation said.

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.

Witnesses told police the driver had said he was "acting for the children of Palestine", the source told the AFP news agency.

There were two other passengers in the car at the time, according to some reports.

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