At least 28 injured after the car drives the crowd in Munich – DW – 02/13/2025

Munich Police said Thursday afternoon that there was no public danger after a car led to a group of people earlier in the day in the state of Bavaria in southern Bavaria of the capital city of Germany. They said that at least 28 people were injured in the incident.

The driver was immediately arrested at the scene, police said, later saying that he was a 24 -year -old Afghan national asylum seeker.

“The driver of the vehicle was insured in the spot; currently it represents more danger,” police said.

A police spokesman also said that initially it is not clear how seriously the people were injured and if the accident was an accident or a deliberate act.

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The BR24 station said the group consisted of people who carried out a symbolic strike of the Verdi union.

He also cited face -to -face witnesses saying that two men had been in the car, and one of them was shot by the police and carried. The police asked the public to abstain speculation, he said.

The news magazine Focus saying Some of the injured were in critical condition, and the police said that two people were seriously injured.

The mayor of the city, Dieter Reiter, said he was “deeply shocked” for what had happened and that the children were among the injured.

The incident occurred only one day before high -ranking politicians around the world meet in the city for the prestigious Munich Security Conference, which will take place in a place about 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) of the accident site .

However, Bavaria Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said the police “did not currently believe that there is any connection with the security conference,” and added that any potential motive of the driver had first investigated more closely.

Herrmann also said that the man was known by the police, having committed crimes of theft and drugs in the past.

Edited by: Roshni Majumdar