A van plowed into shoppers at an outdoor Christmas market Monday in Nantes , France , injuring at least nine people in addition to the driver , police said . Four had serious wounds , plus the driver , police said . The driver stabbed himself twice after the incident , but is expected to survive , said Pierre-Henry Brandet , a spokesman for France 's Interior Ministry . French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve will head to Nantes Monday evening to meet with the families of the victims and rescue officials , Brandet told CNN affiliate BFM-TV . The investigation is just beginning , he said , but so far the Nantes prosecutor has said the incident appears to be an isolated case and not a terrorist attack . Authorities are investigating a notebook found with the attacker , Brandet said . It was not immediately clear whether the incident was related to one Sunday in Dijon , France , in which witnesses said a man shouting `` God is great '' in Arabic rammed his vehicle into pedestrians . At least 12 people were injured by that vehicle , said police in Dijon , a city in eastern France . A man has been arrested in connection with the case , they said . BFM-TV reported that eyewitnesses heard the driver shout the phrase `` Allahu Akbar '' -- Arabic for `` God is great . '' On Saturday , a man stabbed three police officers in central France while allegedly calling out the same phrase . French counterterrorism authorities are investigating that attack . And France 's Prime Minister said earlier Monday that his country has never faced as serious a terrorism threat as it does right now . Police have n't revealed any possible motives in the vehicle incidents .
The driver stabbed himself twice after the incident , but is expected to survive . An investigation is just beginning , a spokesman for France 's Interior Ministry says . At least 9 are injured after a van plows into shoppers at a Christmas market . Comment: