Germany accident: At least 28 people sustained injuries after a driver drove a vehicle into a group of people in Munich on Thursday, authorities said. They are yet to provide more details about the incident near downtown Munich which took place around 10:30 am (local time), including whether the people were hit deliberately.
Taking to social media platform X, Police said that the driver was “secured” at the scene and no longer poses any danger. A damaged Mini car was also seen at the scene, they added. The fire service said at least 20 people were injured, some of them seriously, German news agency dpa reported. Mayor Dieter Reiter said he was “deeply shocked” by the incident. He said that children were among those injured.
A demonstration by the service workers’ union ver.di was taking place at the time of the incident. It was not immediately clear whether demonstrators were among the injured. The Bavarian capital will see heavy security in the coming days because the three-day Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of international foreign and security policy officials, opens on Friday.
Accused driver arrested
Authorities said it was believed to be an attack, and the suspect — an Afghan asylum-seeker — was arrested. he suspect was a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, Huber said. “It is suspected to be an attack — a lot points to that,” Bavarian governor Markus Soder told reporters at the scene.
The incident follows a series of attacks involving immigrants in recent months that have pushed migration to the forefront of the campaign for Germany’s Feb.
23 election. Most recently, a two-year-old boy and another person were killed in a knife attack in Aschaffenburg, also in Bavaria. The Bavarian capital will see heavy security in the coming days because the three-day Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of international foreign and security policy officials, opens on Friday.
(With AP inputs)