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Ghetto imagesA 24-year-old Afghan seeker was driving a car in a crowd in the German city of Munich on Thursday, injuring at least 30 people, police said.
Employees said they were referring to the incident as an alleged attack.
Here's what we know about the attack so far.
What happened?
Police in Munich said the car, a mini Cooper, accelerated and plowed in the back of a rally from Verdi's union during a strike by public sector workers. It happened in the center of Munich at the intersection of Carlstrras and Seidlstrasse around 10:30 local time (11:30 GMT).
Day centers, hospitals, sanitary facilities and public pools joined the strike, calling for higher pay and longer holidays.
During the clash, about 1500 people were on their way to the final place of the rally at a short distance.
A shot was fired at the vehicle by the police before the driver was detained at the scene.
The emergency services were in the area because a rally that allowed the suspect to be arrested quickly and for the wounded to be treated, police said.
It is unclear whether the suspect was injured.
A police spokesman told the local public operator BR that police are checking whether there is a link between the demonstration and the incident.
The crash happened hours before Vice President of the United States and the Ukrainian president arrived in the city for the Munich Security Conference – but police say he did not believe he was connected.
How much are they injured?
At least 30 people were injured, including two seriously, German police said on Thursday.
The local fire service said some of these injured were in “life -threatening state”.
Munich Mayor Dieter Reatter said the children were injured.
According to Bavarian media, wounded people were treated in numerous hospitals around Munich, including Children's Hospital and the Red Cross Clinic in Munich.
Some of the wounded included employees of the Munich administration, said Munich Deputy Mayor Dominic Krause.
Several participants in the union rally had brought their children with them, “which makes the act even more abundant,” Krause said.
Who is the suspect?
The suspect, Farhad N, whom we are not completely named because of the German privacy rules, is a 24-year-old asylum seeker from Afghanistan.
He resides in Munich, the German police said, adding that his motive was unclear.
“It was probably an attack,” Bavaria said to reporters.
Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herman said the suspect had rejected his asylum request, but he was not forced to leave for security concerns in Afghanistan.
Later, he explained that the suspect had a valid residence and work permit and that everything was legal for him.
According to the German press agency, the suspect came to Germany in 2016 as a minor.
Initially, Herman said the suspect was known to the police, but later explained that he had previously worked as a detective at the store and witnessed in several cases of theft.
Bavarian Prime Minister Marcus Soder told German television that terrorism staff had taken over the investigation, but “previous extremist origin is not so easily recognizable at first glance.”
The suspect had to appear in court on Friday.
What did witnesses say?
Daniel Wittenberg of the BBC, reporting from Munich, said there was a stroller on the scene, as well as half a dozen umbrellas and jackets with a high higher one.
Highly damaged white mini Cooper could be seen at a pedestrian crossing in the middle of three lanes that were surrounded by police.
A woman working at an orthopedic store on the road where the incident took place has told the BBC that half a dozen people ran into the store.
“They seemed to panic, and some people were crying,” she said.
Pedestrians are reported to sprint for coverage in shops and residential buildings that are on both sides of the thoroughfare.
A student who did not want to give her the name said the MINI Cooper driver accelerated before hitting the crowd.
“It was fast enough to pull 10 to 15 people on the ground,” another witness said.
What did the authorities say?
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the suspect “must be punished” and “should leave the country”.
“This perpetrator cannot hope for any leniency,” he told reporters in translation from a Reuters News Agency.
“If it was an attack, we must take consistent action against possible perpetrators with any means of justice.”
Marcus Soder said the authorities are working to “clarify all the details”.
“This is not the first case and who knows what else will happen,” he added.
“Now it is even more important, in addition to the processing of individual cases, in addition to the concern we are all experiencing, in addition to sympathy and in addition to the great hope that many will recover, we also show the determination that something should be to changed in Germany. “