In Grenoble, in central France, a driver suspected of driving a car into a group of soldiers running on the road this morning was detained today, according to sources close to the police.
Police said they detained the man, whose identity has not been released, in Grenoble, near Vars-Alijer-e-Rise, where the incident occurred.
Agence France-Presse reported earlier that a car ran into a group of soldiers, but that no one was injured.
The driver managed to escape and a chase was sent after him.
Media reported that the driver may have stolen the car on Wednesday, while sources close to the military said the driver had been insulting soldiers before the attack.
"Soldiers who were jogging managed to get out of the way to avoid being run over," army spokesman Benoit Brillon said.
The incident took place less than a week after the jihadist attack in the south of France, where four people were killed, including a policeman who offered himself as a hostage in exchange for the release of others captured in a supermarket in the town of Treb near Carcassonne.
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