One person was killed and others injured when a car rammed into a crowd on Monday in the western German City of Mannheim, Police said as they as they as they are as they are from Homes.
A suspect is in custody.
Police spokesperson Stefan Wilhelm Said That A Driver Drive Into A Group of People in Paradeplatz, A Pedestrianized Street in Mannheim, Killing One Person. Several people were injured, he said, but police can not yet specify how many or how badly.
“We can confirm that one perpetrator was arrested,” He said. “We can’t twive information on where there was further perpetrators.” Images from the Scene Showed Parts of the Downtown are cordoned off, with a Heavy Police Presence and Helicopters Hovering Above. Police gathered Around a badly damaged black car as ambulances lined up outside the cordon.
Earlier, wilhelm said the incident has been reported as “a life-threatening deployment situation.” Paradeplatz, A Major Square in the Downtown Area, Lies at the end of a pedestrianized street in mannheim, which has a population of 326,000 and lies 85 kilometers (52 miles)
Mannheim University Hospital Says it has prepared everything for a possible mass casualty incident, German News Agency DPA reported. The hospital has implemented its disaster and emergency plan to prepare for the care of the injury.
Across Germany, lots of people took a long weekend off to celebrate carnaival, Including Rose Monday, when many rights hold parades. Mannheim’s Street Parade Alredy Took Place, On Sunday.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser canceled Her Participation in the Carnival Street Parade in Cologne Due to the events in Mannheim.
“The focus is now saving lives, treating the injured and the initial investments by the authorities in mannheim,” an interior ministry speakesperson told dpa.
While police would not not immomedialy characterized Monday’s Incident as an attack, Cars Have Been Used As Deadly Weapons in Several Acts of Violence in Recent Monts.
Last Month, A 2-YAR-old girl and her mother died two days after they were injured in a car-ramming attack on a labore union demonstration in MUNICH. A 24-year-old Afghan man who came to geermany as an asylum-video was arrestd immediati after the attack, and prosecutors said he appeared to have haad an islamic extraimate extramic extramit motiv.
Last Year, Six People Were Killed and More Than 200 Injured when a Car Slammed Into A Christmas Market in the Eastern German City of Magdeburg. The suspect, who was arrested, is a 50-year-old doctor originally from saudi arabia arabia who had expressed anti-muslim views and support for the far-on Party.