A man has been arrested after driving a vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians in Mannheim, Germany, Monday morning.
The incident left one person dead and injured others.
German outlet Bild reported that the driver “raced into a crowd in the pedestrian zone directly at the Galeria Kaufhof on the Planken shopping street near the water tower.”
“As already reported, the police and rescue workers are currently on duty. According to previous findings, a car drove to a group of people in downtown Mannheim,” a police statement reads. “According to the current state of the investigation, one person was killed and several people injured. So far, no information can be given on the number and severity of the injuries. As part of the immediately initiated investigative measures, a suspect could be identified and arrested. No further, secured information can currently be disclosed about the information published so far.”
A spokesman for Germany’s interior ministry said during a news conference that the “focus is now on saving lives, treating the injured and the initial investigations by the authorities in Mannheim.”
The incident comes just weeks after a migrant plowed a car through a crowd in Munich, Germany, injuring 27 people.
“We are shocked by a terrible attack in Munich,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at the time. “An Afghan perpetrator drove into a demonstration. Many people are injured, some very seriously. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families. The perpetrator must feel the full force of the rule of law.”
