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Found in The Local.de:
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: 4, Informative) by janrinok on Tuesday February 25 2020, @07:30PM (3 children)
Have you people never heard of the EU? Any EU citizen can live anywhere they wish in the EU. Europe is far more mixed now than you might imagine. However, Maurice is both a German and French name - many people living in Alsace. which has changed hands several times in the last 10 years of so, have that name. So the fact that someone may have moved a few miles over the old border does not surprise me in the slightest.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 25 2020, @09:18PM
Have you never heard of Jihadistan, formerly known as EU? Mohammad is both a German terrorist name and a French terrorist name.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday February 26 2020, @04:04AM
(Score: 3, Funny) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday February 26 2020, @06:57AM
Yes, though the onomatopoeia is spelled "EW" here. *shrug* That's British spelling vs. American spelling for you.
Washington DC delenda est.