MUNICH: At the least 28 folks had been damage when a automobile pushed by an Afghan asylum seeker ploughed right into a crowd in Munich on Thursday (Feb 13) in what the state premier stated was in all probability an assault, placing safety again in focus earlier than subsequent week’s federal election.
The suspected assault got here hours earlier than worldwide leaders together with US Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had been resulting from arrive within the southern German metropolis for the Munich Safety Convention.
“We at the moment consider that we’ve got a minimum of 28 folks injured, a few of them significantly,” stated a police spokesperson.
Police stated a white automobile had approached police automobiles that had been accompanying an illustration of hanging employees, earlier than rushing up and slamming into folks. One shot was fired on the suspect and it was unclear if he was wounded, police added.