A 35-year-old man was arrested in Saint-Pierre-d’Oléron on Wednesday morning after he ran over several people with his vehicle, injuring 10 victims, including four left in critical condition. Depsite the man screaming, “Allahu Akbar,” according to news reports, and trying to set his car filled with gas canisters on fire, French police are reportedly currently not treating the case as a potential act of terrorism.

According to French police, several accidents were reported at around 8:45 a.m., but it quickly became clear that all of them were linked to the same perpetrator.

The man was driving a Honda Civic and was alone in the vehicle, Le Figaro reported.

Ten people were injured in the rampage, four of whom are in critical condition.

Nearly 50 firefighters were at the scene treating the victims, La Rochelle prosecutors said. Arnaud Laraize, La Rochelle prosecutor, said the driver’s actions were deliberate.

Gas cylinders were found in the trunk of the man’s car. According to the prosecutor, the suspect attempted to set his vehicle on fire before police intervened. Authorities are still investigating what role these gas cylinders may have played in the attack.

“The man shouted, ‘Allahu Akbar’ when he was arrested. His motivation is not yet known and will be clarified by the investigation,” said the prosecutor.

Currently, the case is not being investigated as a terrorism case, only as an attempted murder, according to the Poitiers investigation team and the Rochefort and La Rochelle police units. The national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office has not yet taken over the case, but this may change in the future.

The 35-year-old man lived in a fishing village on the island. The authorities already knew the man, who had previously been convicted several times for public order offenses and alcohol and drug use.

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