A German court in Munich sentences a 25-year-old Afghan man, identified only as Farhad N., to life in prison for a car-ramming attack on a labor union demonstration in Munich on Feb. 13, 2025. The attack killed two people: a two-year-old girl and her mother. It also left dozens of others injured, according to reports from multiple outlets.
The court finds Farhad N. guilty of two counts of murder and multiple additional charges, including 23 counts of attempted murder and 22 counts of bodily harm, with 19 classified as serious. In its judgment, the court determines the offences involve “particular gravity of guilt,” a legal designation under German law that generally makes parole after 15 years unlikely. Several reports also cite the court’s view that the defendant intended to harm arbitrarily chosen people.
Some coverage links the timing of the attack, and a broader series of attacks reported during the election period, to heightened public debate in Germany about immigration and security. Sources consistently describe the life sentence and the key charges, victim deaths, and that the attack targeted a union rally.
