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Several dead after vehicle drives into crowd in Münster, Germany Three dead after vehicle drives into crowd in Germany
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Several people were killed and about 30 injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd in the western German city of Münster on Saturday, police said. Three people have been killed and 20 injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd in the western German city of Münster, police said.
A police spokeswoman said there were “several dead”, with the driver thought to be among them. A police spokeswoman said that the driver had killed himself. No one else was being sought in connection with the incident on Saturday.
It was not clear whether the incident was an attack, police said, but a security source said that scenario could not be ruled out.
The German newspaper Bild reported that three people had died in the incident.The German newspaper Bild reported that three people had died in the incident.
It was not clear whether the incident was an attack, police said, but a security source said that scenario could not be ruled out.
The online edition of Spiegel magazine said German authorities were “assuming” it was an act of terrorism, though there was no immediate official confirmation.
Police urged people to avoid speculation and asked people to “avoid the area near the Kiepenkerl pub”, where a large-scale police operation was under way.
Kiepenkerl is a popular bar in the city’s historic downtown area.
Further details about the crash were not immediately available.
The incident evoked memories of a December 2016 truck attack in Berlin that killed 12 people.The incident evoked memories of a December 2016 truck attack in Berlin that killed 12 people.
Anis Amri, a failed Tunisian asylum seeker with Islamist links, hijacked a truck on 19 December 2016, killed the driver and then drove it into a crowded marketplace, killing 11 other people and injuring dozens of others. Anis Amri, a failed Tunisian asylum seeker with Islamist links, hijacked a truck on 19 December 2016, killed the driver and then drove it into a crowded Christmas market, killing 11 people and injuring 70 others.
Amri, 24, then embarked on a 1,000-mile journey from Germany to Italy in the days after the truck attack before being shot dead by Italian police in Milan.
On the first anniversary of the attack last December, Germany’s leaders admitted that the government had failed to provide adequate support to relatives of the victims and acknowledged security gaps in the run-up to the atrocity.
After being accused of failing to personally contact families of victims, the chancellor, Angela Merkel, met them for the first time just before Christmas. She joined relatives in inaugurating a memorial – a 14-metre (46ft) golden crack in the ground engraved with the victims’ names.
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