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malaise

(269,157 posts)
Sat Apr 7, 2018, 01:04 PM Apr 2018

Four dead several injured in Munster, Germany

Six people in critical condition. Suspect drove into crowd then shot himself .

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/07/several-dead-after-vehicle-drives-into-crowd-in-munster-germany
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Four people are dead and 20 injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd in the western German city of Münster.

A police spokeswoman said that the driver had shot himself inside the car after driving into the crowd who had been basking in the sunshine outside a restaurant in the town’s historic centre on Saturday afternoon.

Germany’s interior ministry confirmed that four people had died in the incident, including the driver.

Six of the 20 people struck by the car are severely injured, a police spokesperson said. Police said there were investigating reports that two people had fled from inside the car following the crash. The spokesperson confirmed that a suspicious object had been found inside the car, though would not confirm reports of explosives being found.

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