--- description: At least 11 people were injured after a driver rammed his vehicle into a crowd of Christmas shoppers in Nantes in western France title: Third Car Attack in France Injures 11 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb4d283abc9cd718/69877092428a9e4d24cc6450/460784360.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # France Hit by Second Car Attack in 3 Days  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 22, 2014 11:37 PM CUT  French Interior Minister (C) and French socialist member of Parliament and former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (C-R) inspect the van a driver used to plough into a Christmas market in the western French city of Nantes on December 22, 2014. French Interior Minister (C) and French socialist member of Parliament and former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (C-R) inspect the van a driver used to plough into a Christmas market in the western French city of Nantes on December 22, 2014.Georges Gobet—AFP/Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 22, 2014 11:37 PM CUT At least 11 people were injured after a driver rammed his vehicle into a crowd of Christmas shoppers in Nantes in western France on Monday, marking the third in a string of car attacks that have shaken the country. Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said the driver “deliberately” steered the car into a crowd of bystanders before emerging from the vehicle and stabbing himself repeatedly, the Associated Press [reports](http://news.yahoo.com/french-police-raise-security-weekend-attacks-101458999.html "undefined"). He was hospitalized along with four victims of the attack, who are listed in serious condition. A local prosecutor said the attacker, a 37-year-old man from a small city west of Nantes, acted alone and did not appear to have a terrorist motive. The attack comes just one day after a driver in Dijon who had history of mental problems drove his vehicle into 13 bystanders while shouting in Arabic, “God is great.” In a separate attack on Saturday a 20-year-old man, shouting the same incantation, attacked three police officers with a knife before he was gunned down. Prime Minister Manuel Valls issued a call for calm on Monday, while acknowledging the attacks “concern us all,” AP [reports](http://news.yahoo.com/french-police-raise-security-weekend-attacks-101458999.html "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3645050/france-nantes-car-attack/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3645050/france-nantes-car-attack/"},"headline":"France Hit by Second Car Attack in 3 Days","datePublished":"2014-12-22T23:37:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:05:22.442Z","description":"Authorities urged calm after a third driver rammed his vehicle into a crowded Christmas marketplace","url":"https://time.com/3645050/france-nantes-car-attack/","keywords":["France","Terrorism"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb4d283abc9cd718/69877092428a9e4d24cc6450/460784360.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb4d283abc9cd718/69877092428a9e4d24cc6450/460784360.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FRANCE-CRIME-POLICE-CHRISTMAS","caption":"FRANCE-CRIME-POLICE-CHRISTMAS","creditText":"Georges Gobet—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3645050/france-nantes-car-attack/","name":"France Hit by Second Car Attack in 3 Days"}}]}] ```