Ramming Jihad on the Île d’Oléron
6th November 2025
The Île d’Oléron is an island just off the west coast of France, near the Gironde (Bordeaux) estuary. A bridge connects it to the mainland.
Early this morning, the emergency services on the Île d’Oléron were alerted to a series of accidents involving a vehicle and several passersby, including pedestrians and cyclists. According to Sud Ouest, a man driving a car left the road and deliberately struck five people, then set his vehicle on fire and shouted “Allahu Akbar” before being apprehended. He is being investigated for attempted murder.
See also this English-language article, which says, “The case is not being treated as a terrorist investigation.”