A 24 -year -old from AfghanistAsylum seekers are the driver of the car that fell earlier today on a group of protesters in the center of Munich, killing a woman and injuring many, according to police. Officials also reported that the suspect was Known to the police for theft and drugs.

Munich police spokesman Christian Huber, giving more details on the incident, said the car driven by the Afghan national initially approached the police cars that existed due to the ongoing rally at that time, overtaken them and then overtaken them and then overtaken them. It accelerated and fell on the crowd.

At the same time, they confirmed that they actually opened fire on the vehicle.

“A vehicle approached and came behind the police vehicle. Then she moved to overtake, accelerated and fell to the crowd … her colleagues [αστυνομίας] They arrested the perpetrator. A bullet found the vehicle. We are currently estimating that we have at least 28 injured, some seriously. The exact number has not yet been determined. As for the perpetrator, what we can say is that he is a 24 -year -old Afghan, under the regime of asylum seeker » The press spokesman said.

Both Bavarian President Marcus Soder and her prime minister described the incident as “Suspicious attack”.

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The car fell to a large number of protesters, who took part in a strike by the Ver.Di trade union in Kenigspsplas in Munich. The area remains blocked.

Munich Mayor Dieter Reyter told the German newspaper Bild that they were children among the injured. “I’m deeply shocked. My thoughts are with the injured, “he said.

Eyewitnesses, however, describe to Br that the car was deliberately fell into the crowd and that they were two men, one of whom was shooting by police.

It is noted that the incident happened a day before the Munich Conference on Security with the measures being very strict as they will be in the German city, several foreign leaders, among them US Vice President Jay Di Vance and Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski to reach the city today.

However, authorities do not believe that the incident is related to the conference.