Nantes :
"A van crashed into a crowd Monday night at Place Royale, at the Christmas market. There were a dozen injured. Firefighters are on site..../....A white van charged into the crowd. According to witnesses and a police officer, the driver shouted “Allahu Akbar.” However, claims about a possible religious motive remain unclear. Indeed, other witnesses did not confirm it."
But no identity yet. France is facing an unprecedented wave of terrorist attacks but the official version of events remains the denial hoping it will disturb the expected pattern where the publicity around one attack generates the next although also demonstrating the lack of options the authorities are left with in a situation where they lost control.