Car Attack in Munich Leaves 28 People Injured
Crime scene in Munich, Germany, Feb. 13, 2025. X/ @fluoresenz
February 13, 2025 Hour: 8:58 am
The driver was a 24-year-old Afghan citizen who is an asylum seeker with a criminal record related to drug offenses and theft.
On Wednesday, a car ploughed into a group of people taking part in a trade union demonstration in downtown Munich, leaving at least 28 people injured, some of them seriously.
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The detained driver was a 24-year-old Afghan citizen. He is an asylum seeker with a criminal record related to drug offenses and theft, authorities reported, though they did not specify whether he was injured during the arrest.
The vehicle approached the demonstration from the rear, overtook the police cars escorting it, and rammed into the back of the march. The driver was subsequently arrested after officers fired shots at his car, a Mini Cooper, ensuring that there is no longer any danger to the public.
Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder stated that while a thorough investigation is required, the modus operandi is similar to other deliberate attacks, making it likely that this was a “terror attack.”
Söder noted that it was “painful” that only last month, another attack occurred in Aschaffenburg, also in Bavaria, where an Afghan citizen killed a child and an adult with a knife. The investigation has been taken over by the Central Office for Combating Extremism and Terrorism of the Munich Public Prosecutor’s Office.
“This is a dark day for Munich,” said Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter, who expressed his distress over the fact that some of the demonstrators were his colleagues from the municipal administration.
Tomorrow, the Munich Security Conference will begin in the Bavarian capital, with the attendance of heads of state and government from around the world. In ten days, legislative elections will be held in Munich, which have already been shaped by debates on migration and the rise of the far right.
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Source: EFE