[RT] A stolen truck has rammed into traffic in the city of Limburg, Germany, causing a number of injuries. The driver has been arrested, though police are still determining whether the incident was an accident or a deliberate attack.The truck plowed into the cars as they were stopped at a traffic light on Monday evening, injuring at least seventeen people, one of them seriously, according to local media. The driver was also reportedly injured in the collision.
At least 17 people were injured, local media outlets reported siting police.
Here's some additional information from a German TV newscast I saw:
The truck was stolen very close to the site of the incident. The perp opened the parked truck's door and dragged the surprised driver out without saying a word.
According to a witness who rendered first aid to the injured perp he's a young man of 'southern' appearance who said his name was Mohamed.
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He said the man, in his 30s with short dark hair and a full beard, had yanked open the driver-side door and stared at him wide-eyed before forcing him out of the vehicle.
"I asked him 'What do you want from me?'," he told FNP. "He didn't say a word."
The newspaper quoted witnesses saying the truck sped into the parked cars before coming to a stop several metres from the traffic light.
When the man behind the wheel of the truck emerged from the crash, several passers-by provided first aid, FNP reported.
"The passers-by said the driver said 'Allah' several times" and spoke Arabic, FNP reported. Police did not confirm this account.
Bettina Yeisley from Limburg, whose office is directly next to the scene of the crash, told FNP that she heard a loud bang and ran out onto the street with colleagues.
They found the man sitting beneath a tree without knowing he had been driving.
"He was bleeding from the nose, his hands were bloody, his trousers torn. He said that everything hurt. I asked him his name and he said, 'My name is Mohammed'."
| So now the question is whether he is a registered asylum seeker, a long term legal resident/citizen, or whether he is not supposed to be there, either because of unregistered entry or refusal to leave after being rejected. |