At least 28 people were wounded after a Mini Cooper drove into a group of people in the German city of Munich, German media reported on Thursday.
BILD reported that at least two are in serious condition, and a child is in critical condition. An eyewitness also told BILD that the car had rammed a woman with a child and that the “mother and child were lying under the car.”
Munich’s mayor Dieter Reiter told BILD that the police chief has informed him that many people were injured, including children. He said he was “deeply shocked.”
Munich Police said that a major police operation in the area of Dachauer Street and Seidl Street was currently underway. The police statement added that the attacker – identified by BILD as a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker – was detained on-site and currently poses no further danger.
The attack occurred during the ‘Verdi strike,’ which was called by the Verdi trade union as part of the ongoing wage dispute.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing two men involved in the attack, and also hearing shots being fired before the driver of the car was detained.
Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder said “It is suspected that this was an attack.”
German security
The Munich Security Conference is to start on Friday and senior officials, including US Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, were arriving later on Thursday.
The incident occurred around 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) from the security conference venue.
In a past German attack back in December 2024, six people were killed, and over 200 were wounded after a man drove his car into a German Christmas market.
This is a developing story.
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