Members of the emergency providers work on the scene the place a automobile drove right into a crowd within the southern German metropolis of Munich on February 13, 2025 leaving a number of individuals injured, police stated.
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MUNICH, Germany— German police stated Thursday that at the very least 28 individuals have been injured when a automobile plowed right into a crowd within the metropolis of Munich in what officers known as a “suspected assault.”
The incident got here the day earlier than a main safety convention attended by world leaders was set to start.
The automobile pushed by a 24-year-old Afghan struck pedestrians round 10:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m. ET) within the metropolis middle, and prompted a “main” operation, police stated. The driving force of the automobile had been “secured” and poses no additional menace, police stated.
Press photographs from the scene present the automobile concerned was a white Mini, with private belongings together with footwear, a pair of glasses and a stroller strewn throughout the highway.
In a information convention, Markus Söder, governor of the state of Bavaria, offered particulars on the incident and confirmed it’s being handled as a doable assault. Earlier, Munich police stated at the very least two of these damage have been significantly injured.
A big presence of police and firefighters was on the scene and police have warned the general public to keep away from the realm.
Police spokesman Thomas Schelshorn instructed NBC Information on the scene that the doable motive stays unclear, however confirmed {that a} commerce union demonstration had been going down close by.
The Munich Safety Convention, which is an annual assembly of politicians and protection officers from the world over, is ready to get underway on Friday amid a big police presence and tight safety protocol.
Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are anticipated to attend, and are slated to satisfy with U.S. companions in an effort to focus on the continuing conflict in Ukraine whereas on the summit.
The suspected assault comes 10 days earlier than Germany’s federal elections.