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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: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 25 2020, @06:34PM (3 children)
except for the fact that the "news" is saying "German citizen" and not showing a picture of the suspect, which many times means "Muslim given citizenship foolishly/maliciously". Otherwise why are they choosing "German citizen" as the lone detail to provide? It's possible that they are just being responsible in the details they give out, but if they are anything like the US, they are doing it for propaganda purposes/full of shit. Furthermore, if the suspect were white/ethnic German the "news" would probably be plastering his face all over the place to bolster their right wing terror/hate narrative.
(Score: 5, Informative) by quietus on Tuesday February 25 2020, @06:49PM (2 children)
They're legally restricted probably -- the full name of a suspect is not allowed to be reported, for instance, during trial (only the first name), until verdict has been made. To illustrate: a big row (in Belgium) a couple of years ago when a serial killer (white, native Belgian) was captured and his picture was published after a couple of days, when he was still being interrogated. I think this is because cases like these still have to be judged by a people's jury, and publishing [selective] personal info about him might/will influence potential jurors in a high-profile case (like this one).
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Tuesday February 25 2020, @09:28PM (1 child)
Not only could they legally restricted, they could also consider it bad practice to highlight the details of the perpetrator, on the grounds that it might encourage other people to do similar things to make themselves famous. Sorta like how a guy shot Ronald Reagan because he wanted to impress Jodi Foster (she wasn't impressed).
Here's what I know about the perp: Whoever it is, they're a terrible human being and deserve to be punished to the full extent of the law. Anything beyond that would be speculation at this point.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 25 2020, @10:10PM
Says you. If Jodie wasn't a rug muncher [wiktionary.org], she'd probably be polishing Hinckley's knob [urbandictionary.com] to this day.