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More than two dozen people were injured after a 24-year-old Afghanistan man entered a crowd in Munich, marking the third attack by an asylum seeker in Germany in three months.
The incident, which comes just over a week before the federal election on February 23, left at least 28 injured people.
Police said the attack seemed to be intentional, describing how the car was run after a protest organized by the Verdi union before crossing a police accompanying machine, accelerating and directed to the protesters.
They said they had stopped the driver of the vehicle, a mini Cooper Cream and that he no longer posed any threat to the public.
The attack, which comes while senior officials from around the world prepare to gather in the city for the annual security conference of Munich Economics of the country.
In December, an exiled Saudi doctor entered a Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg, killing 6 and injuring about 200 others. Last month, an Afghan citizen suffering from psychiatric problems killed a two -year -old son and an adult in Aschaffenburg.
These attacks helped to push migration at the head of the political debate, and prompted Friedrich Merz, the Christian Democratic leader and the predecessor through the Bundestag.
The Alternative for Germany (AFD), which takes a strong stance on migration, is on the right track to ensure a second -place historic conclusion with about 20 percent of the vote.
Speaking at the scene of the attack, Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder – a member of the CDU CSU sister party – said there should be consequences.
“We can not only go from attack on attack and (simply) show concern,” he said. “Something must actually change.”
