One dead and driver shot by police after hitting pedestrians in Germany

One dead and driver shot by police after hitting pedestrians in Germany
By Euronews
Share this articleComments
Share this articleClose Button
Copy/paste the article video embed link below:Copy to clipboardCopied

One person has died and two more were injured after a car was driven into pedestrians in the German town of Heidelberg.

ADVERTISEMENT

One person has died and two more were injured after a car was driven into pedestrians in the German town of Heidelberg.

Police were tipped off by eyewitnesses and shot the driver, who had escaped on foot, allegedly holding a knife, after a short manhunt.

Following a short stand-off at a swimming pool near to the scene of the crash, the 35-year-old German suspect was shot once and taken to hospital in a serious condition where he underwent surgery, according to a statement from local police.

No specifics were given on the identity of the attacker, but authorities said there were still no signs of links to terrorism.

18:30: #Heidelberg#Bismarckplatz: Die Kollegen ermitteln. pic.twitter.com/pMMnEil7V5

— Polizei Mannheim (@PolizeiMannheim) 25 February 2017

Local police confirmed that a 73-year-old man had died from injuries sustained in the crash and that an Austrian man, 32, and a woman from Bosnia-Herzegovina, 29, had suffered light injuries.

It was reported that the suspect had stopped at a red traffic light and, when it turned green, put his foot down before hitting the group and smashing into a pillar.

German authorities are on high-alert after a man drove a truck into Christmas crowds at a Berlin market, killing 12 people.

Share this articleComments

You might also like

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz defends his refusal to send Ukraine Taurus missiles

Increase in antisemitic vandalism at Holocaust sites in Germany

Germany's Olaf Scholz has become a major problem for Ukraine