MUNICH: No less than 28 folks have been harm when a automotive 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 have been as a result of arrive within the southern German metropolis for the Munich Safety Convention.
“We at the moment consider that we now have no less than 28 folks injured, a few of them significantly,” stated a police spokesperson.
Police stated a white automotive had approached police autos that have been accompanying an indication of placing staff, 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.