Man drives into crowd, injures two

A man drove into a crowd of patrons gathered outside a bar in the southern city of Nimes early on Friday , slightly injuring two before hitting a security barrier and being arrested , witnesses and local officials said .
The 32 -year - old suspect , believed to be a local , sped towards a crowd of about 50 outside the bar at around 1 .00 am ( 2300 GMT Thursday ) , witnesses at the scene told AFP .

However , his white Peugeot ran into barriers set up for a popular weekend festival featuring bull - fighting which attracts thousands of people each year .
Several witnesses told AFP that the man shouted “Allahu Akbar ” ( God is Greatest ) during the incident .
A source close to the investigation said the man was not known to police for suspected radicalisation .
The region’s public prosecutor, Eric Maurel , said the suspect tried to flee but was caught and roughed up by the crowd .
He was in a state of “mental confusion ” during his arrest and has been hospitalised, Maurel added .
An investigation has been opened into attempted murder .