Dozens of injured in suspected car-roming attack in Munich

Just a week before the federal elections of the country, after driving a car in Munich in Munich, at least 30 people were injured, some seriously.

The driver was a 24 -year -old Afghan asylum, police said, and was identified as Farhad N in the local media. He was arrested at the scene.

Police said anti-terrorism officials had captured the investigation due to the signs of the “extremist background” of the suspect.

It comes after a series of deadly attacks in Germany – some allegedly finished by immigrants. Chancellor Olaf Sholaz said that the driver should be “punished and leave the country”.

It also took place on the eve of the Munich Security Conference – with world leaders, including Ukraine President Volodimier Zelansky and American Vice President JD Wanes, who are due to coming to the city.

On Thursday, Raming took place during a transport workers union rally at around 10:30 local time (09:30 GMT).

The car was seen approaching police cars at the rally in Dachair Strace, a short distance from the main train station in Munich, which was said to be a mob police fast and driving. The police shot at the vehicle before taking the man into custody.

The rescue helicopters were quickly at the scene and Munich Mayor Dietal Reiter said the children were among the injured.

Eyewitnesses told the BBC that they saw people running for shelter in shops and residential buildings, as the “distress” scene came out.

“It is clearly very unstable,” a student said who was studying in a nearby coffee shop. “I can’t focus on anything else.”

Refruits the issues of immigration and safety at the forefront of the federal elections to be held on 23 February.

According to the German press agency, the suspect came to Germany as a minor in 2016 and was requested for the next year.

The agency said it was to exist in autumn 2020.

Bavarian Internal Minister Jochim Herman said he was not forced to leave Germany due to security concerns in Afghanistan.

Munich police said the suspect had a valid residence permit at the time of collision.

Bavaria’s chief Marcus Soder called the incident a “suspected attack”.

“Some change something in Germany – and quickly,” he said.

There were immediate reminder of an attack on an attack on a Christmas market in Magadeburg for Germans, killing six people and injuring 300 others.

“When you get the news that someone has once again drove a car into a crowd of people, the fact that many are injured, a slap on the face,” said Premier Soder.

“We will clarify all the details, but we react carefully to every attack in this way.”

Police said they could not confirm whether someone else was involved in the car after unconfirmed reports of another person.

He appealed to the witnesses to come forward with information and footage of the incident.

Bavaria was killed by an attack only three weeks ago, when a child and a man, a 41 -year -old, was stabbed to death in a park in the city of Aschfenberg.

It was soon revealed that the suspected attacker was an Afghan citizen who had the suspected jihadi sympathy, and Olaf Sholaz asked the authorities to convince the time why he was still in Germany.

Repeated attacks have inspired the issue of immigration and asylum policy for the forefront of Germany’s 23 February elections, with distant options (AFDs) for Germany as well as the opinion poll in the opinion poll. .

The party candidate for the Chancellor, Alice Vedel, has publicly supported the call for “remigration”, which has been seen referring to the large -scale exile of the immigrants.

Scolas, whose center left social democrats, lagged behind AFD, said that the government is planning to increase the exile of serious criminals in Afghanistan. The exile to Kabul began last August.

In a separate development, an Afghan man with suspected Islamist sympathy sued a high security jail in Stutgart on a knife attack, killing a policeman and injured five others in the anti -Islam rally in Manhem in May last year Done

Months later, three people were killed by a knife armed with a knife in the western city of Soolingan. A Syrian who was about to be deported was arrested, and the Jihadi group Islamic State said it was behind the attack.