“A car ran over a group of people in the Pedestrian Zone of Mannheim. One person died and several were seriously injured, ”said police spokesman Stefan Wilhelm on the NTV television channel.
“A suspicious was arrested“He added, without specifying whether or not the outrage was intentional.
Police and aid services were still deployed in the area, declared by the authorities as “Mortal risk.”
The authorities asked the residents of this city in southwest Germany stay in their homes.
“We only see injured and the dead, and we don’t know what to do,” Mannheimer Morgen told a merchant in the area, who was in full Preparations for Carnival festivities.
Television images showed personal belongings scattered on the ground, including a child shoe, a bag and a jacket.
According to the press, the suspect I was at the wheel of a black vehiclethat researchers are inspecting.
Germany has been the scene of several attacks with abuses in recent months.
In mid -February, in Munich, a driver rammed protesterskilling two people, including a 2 -year -old boy, and hurting other people.
The alleged author, detained after the act, is a 24 -year -old Afghan who would have committed The attack for “religious reasons”.
In December 2024, in Magdeburg, a 50 -year -old Saudi doctor ran over several people in a Christmas market, killed six people and wounding about 300.