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Man drives car at troops protecting French mosque

An elderly local worshipper and a soldier guarding the mosque at Valence were slightly injured, as was driver after troops opened fire.

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A soldier and an elderly Muslim man were slightly injured when a man tried to run his car into troops protecting a mosque in Valence in southern France on Friday, mayor Nicolas Daragon told the iTELE news channel, reports Reuters.

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