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Two critically injured after driver rams into people on French island

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A driver has rammed his car into pedestrians and cyclists on the holiday island of Ol?ron, off the west coast of France, injuring five people - including two who are in a critical condition. A local man, 35, deliberately drove into people and then set fire to the vehicle, authorities said. He was immobilised with a stun gun after resisting arrest. The man drove some distance between two villages on the island, mowing down several people, the mayor of Dolus d'Ol?ron, Thibault Brechkoff, said. He is now being held by police in Saint-Pierre-d'Ol?ron on suspicion of attempted murder.