BERLIN: At least 20 people were injured after a car plowed into a group of protesters in Munich, Bild reported, adding that children were a...
BERLIN: At least 20 people were injured after a car plowed into a group of protesters in Munich, Bild reported, adding that children were also among those wounded.
TASS has gathered the key details of the incident.
Incident details
- A car struck a group of people in Munich.
- The accident happened just an eight-minute drive from the venue set to host the Munich Security Conference, which will open on Friday. German politicians, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and foreign guests, including US Vice President J.D. Vance, are scheduled to attend the event.
- According to the Bild newspaper, the driver has been detained.
- It has not yet been determined whether he drove into the crowd intentionally.
- Emergency services are working at the scene.
- The city's fire department has classified the incident as a traffic accident.
- BR radio station, citing eyewitnesses, has reported that the car allegedly drove into the crowd on purpose. According to them, there were two alleged attackers, one of whom was shot by the police and taken away on a stretcher. Preliminary reports say that the demonstration was staged by the city government workers' union.
- Police have only confirmed one attacker at this point, noting that he was "immobilized" by officers.
Injured
- At least 20 people were injured in the collision, Bild reported.
- According to the newspaper, children were among those injured. Two people received severe injuries.
- The Russian Consulate General in Bonn is clarifying whether any Russian citizens were injured.
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