-Unser Mittel Europa
Today at about 12:15 in Mannheim, a driver drove his car at high speed into a crowd of people near Paradeplatz. Apparently, this was a location being set up for Fasching activity. The driver fled the scene but was apprehended by police. According to news reports, (Welt) at the moment of arrest, he shot himself in the mouth with a blank pistol. He is now in a local hospital, reportedly in critical condition.
At this point, two are dead and several injured, some critically, including a small child.
As for the perpetrator's identity, police have told media that he is a German citizen, about 40 years old, from Rheinland-Pfalz, with no immigration background. In addition, the registered owner of the vehicle, a black Ford Fiesta, was previously known to authorities for some kind of writing linked to him of a "terrorist or right-wing extremist" nature. It is not known if the registered owner of the car is one and the same as the driver. The suspect is believed to have acted alone.
So it remains to be seen if this was an act of Islamist-inspired jihadist terror. We will update this story as it progresses.
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