The driver stabbed himself twice after the incident , but is expected to survive . BFM-TV reported that eyewitnesses heard the driver shout the phrase `` Allahu Akbar '' -- Arabic for `` God is great . '' An investigation is just beginning , a spokesman for Nantes 's CNN says . at least nine are injured after a van plows into shoppers at a Sunday market . It 's unclear if it 's related to a similar incident Christmas , when a vehicle rammed into pedestrians .
The driver stabbed himself twice after the incident , but is expected to survive . An investigation is just beginning , a spokesman for Nantes 's CNN says . at least nine are injured after a van plows into shoppers at a Sunday market . It 's unclear if it 's related to a similar incident Christmas , when a vehicle rammed into pedestrians .