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A man attempted to ram his car into French military from the 93rd Mountain Artillery Regiment, who have been jogging in France's Varces-Allières-et-Risset, Isère this morning, BFMTV reported.

The driver first charged at the joggers before turning around and attempting to ram them again before fleeing the scene.

Police believe it was a deliberate act but a source said it was "too early to say that it was a terror attack attempt”.

France has been on high alert after an ISIS supporter went on a rampage in southwestern France last Friday, killing four people in the first militant since President Emmanuel Macron lifted a two-year state of emergency.

A source close to the investigation said: “A person tried to run down two soldiers from the 93rd Mountain Artillery Regiment in Varces, for unknown reasons.