A driver plows a car into pedestrians in a busy shopping area in the central German city of Leipzig on Monday afternoon, killing two people, authorities say. Leipzig Mayor Burkhard Jung says three others are seriously injured, and an unspecified number suffer less serious injuries. Authorities describe the incident as a deliberate rampage. The driver, a 33-year-old German citizen, is detained in the car at the scene. Police say he is a German-born resident of the Leipzig area, and prosecutors investigate him on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. Investigators believe the man acts alone, Saxony’s interior minister Armin Schuster says, adding that cases involving vehicles used against crowds can be influenced by rage or psychological instability, though he does not speculate on the driver’s motivations in this case. Police say the driver approaches from Augustusplatz, then drives along Grimmaische Strasse into Leipzig’s central pedestrianized shopping area. Photos from the scene show visible vehicle damage, including a shattered windshield.
Driver kills two after plowing car into Leipzig shoppers, police detain suspect
A driver plows a car into pedestrians in a busy shopping area in the central German city of Leipzig on Monday afternoon, killing two people, authorities say. Leipzig Mayor Burkhard Jung says three oth...
- A car drives into pedestrians in Leipzig’s central shopping area, killing two people.
- Three additional people are seriously injured; other injuries include less serious harm, authorities say.
- Leipzig Mayor Burkhard Jung says officials believe it is a deliberate rampage.
- The driver, a 33-year-old German citizen and Leipzig-area resident, is detained at the scene.
- Prosecutors investigate suspected murder and attempted murder; investigators believe the driver acted alone.
Photos from the scene showed a car with a battered front and a shattered windshield after the incident, which killed two people and seriously injured three others.
3 months agoBERLIN — A driver plowed into people in a busy shopping area in the center of the German city of Leipzig on Monday afternoon, leaving two people dead, authorities said. An additional three people were seriously injured in what officials believe was a deliberate rampage, Mayor Burkhard Jung said. He described it as “a terrible tragedy." An unspecified number of people sustained less serious injuries. The driver, a 33-year-old German citizen, was detained in the car. Police said he was a German-born resident of the Leipzig area. Prosecutors said he is under investigation on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. There was no immediate word on a possible motive. The interior minister of Saxony state, Armin Schuster, said investigators believe the man acted alone. He said that rage and “psychological instability” are often factors in such cases, but added that he wouldn't speculate on whether that was the case here. Police chief René Demmler said the man drove from the Augustusplatz, a major square, along the Grimmaische Strasse into the city's central pedestrianized shopping area.
3 months agoAn additional three people were seriously injured in what officials believe was a deliberate rampage, Leipzig Mayor Burkhard Jung said.
3 months agoAn additional three people were seriously injured in what officials believe was a deliberate rampage.
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