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2025-03-04 Europe
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Day 2: Car drives into crowd in German city of Mannheim, killing two
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| Follow up to this story from yesterday, when it was revealed that the miscreant’s name is Alexander S. |
[GEO.TV] A car drove into a crowd in the western German city of Mannheim on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring 11 others, overshadowing carnival celebrations in the region where police had been on alert for attacks.
Police detained the driver, who appeared to have ploughed intentionally into the crowd given the speed at which he was driving, prosecutors said in an act Interior Minister Nancy Faeser labelled "horror in broad daylight".
| He did not appear to have been politically or religiously motivated, but there were reasons to believe he was psychologically unwell, said Mannheim Chief Public Prosecutor Romeo Schluessler. |
He did not appear to have been politically or religiously motivated, but there were reasons to believe he was psychologically unwell, said Mannheim Chief Public Prosecutor Romeo Schluessler.
Prosecutors have initiated investigative proceedings against the suspect, a 40-year-old German man from the neighbouring state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on two counts of murder and multiple counts of attempted murder.
The suspect has not been questioned yet as he had to undergo medical treatment after shooting himself in the mouth with a blank-firing gun after the attack.
He appeared to be a landscape gardener who lived alone, prosecutors said, adding that they were now investigating his home for clues.
Security has been a key concern in Germany following a string of violent mostly peaceful attacks in recent weeks, including deadly car rammings in Magdeburg in December and in Munich last month, as well as a stabbing in Mannheim in May 2024.
"The incident — like the terrible acts of the past months — serves as a stark reminder: we must do everything possible to prevent such acts," said Germany's likely next leader, Friedrich Merz, whose conservatives won a national election last month.
"Germany must once again become a safe country. We will work with full determination to achieve this."
Messages of solidarity were sent from across Europe.
"To all the people of Mannheim, especially to all the relatives of the victims of the attack, to the German people. La Belle France is at your side," French President Emmanuel Macron wrote on the social media platform X.
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