Car drives into demonstration in Munich - Söder assumes attack

DW German Car drives into demonstration in Munich - Söder assumes attack Article from dw.com • 36 million • 2 minutes reading time After a car drove into a demonstration in Munich, Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder assumes a "suspected attack". The suspect is said to be an asylum seeker from Afghanistan. According to the fire department, at least 20 people were injured when the vehicle drove into a group of people in Munich. Among them were an "undetermined number" of seriously and very seriously injured people, said a spokesman for the professional fire department in the metropolis in southern Germany. It cannot yet be ruled out that some of the injured are in danger of death. The driver was detained. "At the moment he poses no further danger," said Schelshorn. "We have no reason to believe that there is a danger to the population." Mayor Reiter is "shocked" According to Munich's mayor Dieter Reiter, children are among the injured. "I am deeply shocked," said Reiter. "My thoughts are with the injured." According to police, a demonstration by the Verdi trade union was taking place at the scene of the incident, on Munich's Stiglmaierplatz, at around 10:30 a.m. It is still unclear whether demonstrators were among the injured. Several ambulances were also parked a few streets away from Stiglmaierplatz. The police are asking witnesses for information. Investigators set up a so-called upload portal to which photos and videos of the incident can be uploaded. Witnesses were also asked to come to a collection point in the Löwenbräukeller. The security conference is currently underway in Munich under high security precautions, and high-ranking guests from Germany and abroad are expected to attend. It begins on Friday. US Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj are expected to attend on Thursday, among others.