German Police said a driver pulled a car into a union demonstration in Central Municipality On Thursday, at least 28 people were injured, including children. Officials said it is believed to be an attack.
Participants were participating in a demonstration linked to a strike organized by the uniform, which is for the key trade union Of Germany Public sector. Police said the protesters were walking along a street around 10:30 am when the car, a mini -coper, left the police car behind and faster, and the driver plowed in the back of the group. Gone.
The suspect, who is believed to be 24 -year -old Afghan Asylum SeekerAccording to Munich Police Director Christian Huber, he was arrested. The incident has been underway in recent months of migrant attacks, which has pushed the migration to the campaign for the February 23 February 23 elections.
According to local authorities, on February 13, 2025, a car was injured in a car in the southern German city of Munich, injuring several people.
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Bavaria's Minister of State Joe Ehkham Herman said the suspect is known to the authorities in connection with theft and drug crimes, but he did not provide further details. State Minister for Justice, George Eznarich said that a prosecutor's department, which investigates extremism and terrorism, is searching for the case.
“This is suspected to be an attack,” Bavaria's Prime Minister Marx Ceder told reporters.
According to Huber, officers arrested the suspect after shooting on the car. He said it is believed that at least 28 people were injured, some of whom were seriously injured.
The destroyed mini Cooper was spotted at the scene, which included shoes, water bottles and rotating with debris.
According to local authorities, on February 13, 2025, a scene of the scene was injured after a car was plowed in a crowd of Munich in the southern German city of Munich, according to local officials.
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He said a witness, who said he saw the incident through the window of the neighboring office building, saw that the car had made its way between the police vehicles and then it had accelerated. Another witness, who said he had seen a part of the incident from a building, saw that the car was accelerated and several people were targeted in the crowd.
“It was fast enough to pull 10 to 15 people to the ground,” said Alexa.
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He also heard the sound of one to two firing, which he believed came from the police.
“This is just horrible,” Bavaria's Prime Minister Ceder told reporters at the scene. “We feel with the victims, we are praying for the victims – we hope they all make it.”
Munich's Mayor Dytor Writer said he was “deeply surprised” by the incident. The injured included children, he said.
The suspected attack also came a few hours before leading international figures, including US vice president. JD Venus And the Ukrainian president Wolodmeer ZelinskyWere in the city for high profile Munich Security ConferenceWhich starts on Friday.
The interior minister of Bavaria said he was not suspected to have any connection between the conference and the suspected attack.
“This is not something we can afford or accept,” German Chancellor Olaf Schools told the media.
He urged the judiciary to “use everything in his power” to bring charges against the suspect.
“Whoever commits a crime in Germany will not only be severely punished and he will go to jail, but he also has to understand that he will not be able to live in Germany,” he said.
Schools said the suspect should “be punished and he should leave the country.”
The Chancellor noted that his government had deported the convicted criminals in a flight in August 2024 and he was working to do so again – and not only once, but permanently. “
NATO Secretary General, Mark Rod, expressed “shock and sadness” which he called the “attack”.
An annual gathering of international foreign and security policy officials, the three -day Munich security conference, will see heavy protection in the Bavar's capital in the coming days.
The Munich incident has also surfaced three weeks after a two -year -old boy and a man were killed in a knife attack in Bavaria. An Afghan, whose asylum application was rejected, was a suspect in the attack, who pushed the migration to the center of the German election campaign.
Aschaffenburg attack After knife attacks Last year, in Mananham and Solanjan, in which the suspects were immigrants from Afghanistan and Syria, respectively – in the latter case, there were also a refugee seeking asylum that was believed to have left the country.
I December Christmas Market Car Raming In Magdburg, there was a suspected Saudi doctor who had earlier came to the attention of various regional officials.
Germany's Central Opposition Conservative Block, which is a prominent figure, has called for a tough view for irregularities, in which many people withdraw on the country's borders and increase deportation. Demanded.
“This is more evidence that we cannot go to attack and show frustration, thanks to the deployment of the police,” said Sider. “We have to change something in reality. This is not the first process. Therefore, we feel with people today, but at the same time we are determined to change something in Germany and quickly.
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