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France to deploy 300 extra troops after wave of attacks

France is deploying up to 300 extra soldiers to patrol busy urban areas following a string of attacks on people and police officers.

One person was killed and 30 injured in three attacks in as many days, which included two vehicles being driven into crowds in Dijon and Nantes, and a man stabbing three police officers in central France.

On two of the occasions the attackers reportedly shouted the words 'God is Great' in Arabic, although authorities are only treating one of the attacks as an act of terrorism.

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Van 'drove at speed' towards wine stall in France

The van that crashed into shoppers at a Christmas market in Nantes, France, this evening "drove at speed" towards a stall selling mulled wine, local newspaper Presse Ocean reported.

An image of the van that crashed into shoppers at a Christmas market in Nantes, France Credit: BFMTV

The incident comes just a day after an incident in which a driver shouting "God is great" in Arabic drove into a crowd of people in the eastern French city of Dijon, leaving 11 people injured, two seriously.

The scene at the Christmas market in Nantes after a van ploughed into a crowd of shoppers Credit: BFMTV

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