Car drives into crowd in Munich 20 injured

Car drives into crowd in Munich, 20 injured

At least 20 people were injured when a car drove into a crowd in Munich on Thursday, police said, as the southern German city prepares for a top-level security conference due to be attended by US Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Police said on social platform X that the driver was “secured” at the scene and no longer poses any danger.

"At least 20 people injured, some seriously and critically," a spokesperson for Munich police said.

The Bild newspaper said police would have to establish whether the driver of the Mini Cooper had deliberately driven into the crowd or mixed up the accelerator and brake.

Regional public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) reported that the people who were hurt were apparently participating in a strike.

"One person is lying on the street and a young man has been taken away by the police. People are sitting on the ground, crying and trembling," a reporter for BR wrote in a post on X.

A large-scale police operation was underway near the southern city's central train station.

The Munich Security Conference is to start on Friday and Vance and Zelensky are arriving later on Thursday.

The incident occurred around 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) from the security conference venue.

Security has been in sharp focus in Germany ahead of a federal election next week and following a string of violent attacks.

source: tehrantimes.com