In the German city of Mannheim, a man rode in a crowd on Monday. There are countless injuries and at least two dead. The perpetrator was arrested and is currently injured in the hospital. As the “Kroon” learned, a dramatic situation took place immediately after the arrest.
According to Eyewitness Reports, the perpetrator injured himself with a shock gun before he arrested.
Perpetrator probably with a mental illness
The motive of his act is unclear for the time being. According to “Bild” it is a 40-year-old German citizen from Rijnland-Palatinate without a migration background, which is said to have become mentally noticeable in the past. He is treated in the hospital. According to “Spiegel” information, there must be indications for a mental illness.
According to the Mannheim police, the suspect acted as individual perpetrators. “There is currently no danger to the population,” the police said. This had reported and warned a “life -threatening application situation” since Monday afternoon to be in the center of Mannheim. The All -Clear was given in the afternoon.
Child under the injuries
Three of the injuries were treated in the Mannheim university clinic, including a child. According to the information, they were “classified with high medical urgency” and acute medicine. Emergency Care was also founded in the university clinic by pastoral care.
According to a DPA reporter, debris was on site. The fully demolished black small car from the alleged driver can also be seen on photos.
Several passers -by -driven through
According to the police so far, the events took place at noon shortly after noon. The suspect is said to have driven his car through the pedestrian zone of Mannheim, a crime scene was the central paradise.
Coming from Friedrichsring to the hundreds of meters long boards, the most important shopping street, the man has driven several passers -by or overlooked Paradeplatz. A carnival market with dozens of snack bars and journeys is currently taking place on stage and around the water tower. However, according to the police, there is no evidence that the crime is related to a carnival event. The research is still in the beginning and is managed for high pressure, “said Baden-Württemberg domestic minister Thomas Strobl (CDU).
The case arouses memories of various attacks in which vehicles had driven in a crowd in recent weeks. In December, six people in Magdeburg died when a doctor of 50 years had been raced through the Christmas market. Medio -Februari had driven a man’s vehicle to a group of protesters in Munich. A young woman and a child died.
Source: Krone
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