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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, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 25 2020, @11:48PM (5 children)
Hello, McFly? Modern American conservatism has become the equivalent of the absolute nutjob right in europe.
Refusing to use a correct term because it accurately describes how nucking futs some americans have become is the opposite of being neutral, its catering to the nuts to obfuscate just how nuts they are. Stop carrying water for the nazis dude. I'm not exaggerating - modern american conservatism literally wants to undo the liberal world order established as a result of the defeat of the nazis. [washingtonpost.com] If returning the country to a pre-nazi time isn't reactionary, then what the fuck is?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2020, @12:00AM (1 child)
If it wouldn't be so sad, it'd be funny seeing the losing team of the last presidential election using their PR section (used to be called journalists) to scare poor dumb fucks glued to their phones, that Trump the antichrist will bring literally Nazism to America (would that be before or after he sells us out to the Russians?). Three whole years later.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2020, @01:44AM
Your great grandparents were the ones chanting "mustache man bad" back in the homeland weren't they?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday February 26 2020, @05:40AM (2 children)
Why should we care? Europe is pretty skewed as well, politically.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2020, @07:01AM (1 child)
khallow does not know where Europe is, of why he should care about it. Typical American. Really, really, stupid; and, geographically challenged. This is why Pompeo runs about with un-titled maps, just in case a NPR reporter or khallow should show up! Unfortunately, the NPR reporter could identify Ukraine, while khallow pointed to South Dakota. Sad, really.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday February 26 2020, @02:50PM