Mother and child die of injuries after Munich car attack
Police say a mother, 37 -year -old and her two -year -old daughter died on Thursday due to injuries in a car attack in the German city of Munich.
At least 37 people were injured after driving a car in a crowd of people at the trade union rally.
The driver was a 24 -year -old Afghan asylum, police said, it was identified in the local media as Farhad N. He was arrested at the scene and prosecutors say he has carried out the attack. Officials said they saw a religious inspiration.
The mother and the child were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries after the attack.
Police spokesperson Ludwig Waldinger told news agency AFP on Saturday, “Unfortunately, we will have to confirm the death of a two -year -old child and his 37 -year -old mother.”
Car Raming has focused on security issues before the federal election was held in Germany.
A series of attacks have been carried out by immigrants in Munich, with two alleged attackers coming from Afghanistan.
The attack also took place on the eve of Munich Security Conference, which began on Friday.
On reaching the city on Friday, US vice -president JD Vance expressed condolences to the victims in the attack.
German officials said that the suspect came to the country in 2016 and, although his application for Sharan was turned down, allowed to live in Germany as he faced risks to return to Afghanistan. He had a valid residence and work permit.
They had no previous criminal records and police said there was no evidence of the link of the jihadi group. Police say he acts alone.
On Friday, the police said that the suspect told the officials while questioning that he had deliberately taken his mini cooper car into the crowd.
Munich Public Prosecutor Gabriel Tilman told reporters that the suspect had said that “Allahu Akbar”, God is the eldest in Arabic, when he was detained. She suggested that she could “be an Islamist inspiration”.
Election campaign in Germany elections on 23 February has been entangled in a fever debate about migration for weeks. Last year, a vote was brought from the collapse of the coalition government of German Chancellor Olaf Sholaz.
In the last one year, many violent incidents related to migrants have increased support for far-flung AFD party.
In December, six people were killed and at least 299 injured after a man. Run a car in a German Christmas market,
The suspected Saudi was a 50 -year -old Saudi refugeer who was an outspoken critic of Islam.
And in January Two year old child and a passer who tried to help After stabbing a group of children to a park in the Bavarian Town of Aschfenberg, in an attack which shook the country.
The suspected is a 28 -year -old Afghan refugeer.
