Twenty injured after car drives into a crowd in Munich
A car drove into a crowd in Munich injuring at least 20 people as the southern German city prepares for a top-level security conference due to be attended by US Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
The fire service said several people were seriously injured, German news agency DPA reported.
The Munich Security Conference is to start on Friday and senior officials, including Vance and Zelenskiy, were arriving later on Thursday.
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Police said on X they were able to detain the driver and did not consider him to pose any further threat.
“One person is lying on the street and a young man has been taken away by the police. People are sitting on the ground, crying and trembling,” a reporter for the local BR broadcaster wrote in a post on X.
Thursday’s incident appeared to have affected people participating in a demonstration linked to a strike organised by the Verdi union, according to the broadcaster.
The union said it did not have any information on the incident.
The incident occurred around 1.5km from the security conference venue.
Security has been in sharp focus in Germany ahead of a federal election next week and following a string of violent attacks.
with AP and DPA
