Man rams car into students in Toulouse

At least three Chinese students has been injured after a man deliberately rammed his car into a group of people outside a school near Toulouse in southern France on Friday.

According ti police report, the driver of the vehicle, identified as a 28-year-old man, who was arrested on the scene was known to police for committing minor offences but was not on a terrorism watchlist.

All three victims were in their twenties, with a 23-year-old woman the most seriously injured and two men -  aged 22 and 23 also hurt.

One of the students, a young woman, was being treated for serious head injuries.

For the moment, it is not being looked at as a terrorist incident although it is also not ruled out, the Toulouse prosecutor said in a statement.

The driver has long suffered from psychological problems and was hospitalised until December 2016, the prosecutor said.

More than 240 people have been killed in France since early 2015 in attacks by Islamist militants or assailants inspired by the Islamic State group.