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Several people were injured Monday when a car drove into a carnival procession in the central German town of Volkmarsen, police said. "There are dozens of injured, including some who are gravely hurt," a spokeswoman for Volkmarsen police told AFP.
Speaking to DPA news agency, a police spokesman added that children were among the injured. The driver has been arrested.
Germany is on high alert following a shooting spree by a far-right gunman in the city of Hanau, also in Hesse, last Wednesday, that left 10 people dead.
Monday's incident took place as residents in many parts of the country celebrate Rose Monday, a highlight of annual carnival festivities that sees adults and children alike dress up and attend parades where people play music and throw candies from floats.
According to the Daily Mail
Police in Germany have tonight searched the home of a driver who deliberately drove a car into crowds at a German Carnival parade on Monday afternoon.
Special police officers dressed in all black with protective gear were seen entering the property of the 29-year-old who has been arrested for attempted murder after he ploughed his Mercedes into the carnival crowd packed with children.
30 people were injured following the incident and forensic officers have now set up a cordon around the car, with pictures showing several officers examining the silver vehicle.
The driver, a 29-year-old German citizen, mounted the pavement in the town of Volkmarsen, 15 miles west of Kassel, around 2.30pm on Monday before ploughing into families that had turned out for the festivities.
Police arrested the driver at the scene. While officers could not disclose a motive for the attack, local media reported that investigators are working on the assumption that it was deliberate and that investigators were looking into all possibilities.
German police say he is being treated by doctors due to injuries he suffered in the incident, and prosecutors [say] he now faces charges of attempted homicide. Reports suggest he was from the local area and had no history of political extremism.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Tuesday February 25 2020, @04:51PM (4 children)
If you believe that, you need your head testing.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday February 25 2020, @05:13PM (3 children)
Rhetorical questions are an indication that someone needs "head testing"? Come on, man . . .
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Tuesday February 25 2020, @05:46PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 25 2020, @11:44PM (1 child)
I get that Runaway was doing the whole "quick I gotta dig and find out if this was an Islamic attack!" cause he is totally not racist, but his comment above is hardly flamebait.
I would like to request that people return to sane moderations, and if you could also remain sane on Saturdays too that'd be greeeeaat. Thaaaaanks..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2020, @07:11AM
Saying that Runaway has to have his head examined, when we know that will reveal nothing but an advanced case of equine encephalopathy, from having congress with horses, and the aforementioned Cranial/Rectal inversion, really contributed nothing to the discussion here. Runaway is an ignoramous, an idiot, a Faux News viewer, an Islamophobe, and basically an asshole. Best just to mock him, but mock him were it hurts, in his testicles, and with the fact he voted for Clinton. That will get to him.