A car drove into a group of people at a carnival market in Mannheim, Germany, killing one person and injuring several others, local police said Monday.
Police cordoned off the city center after the incident, which took place in the early afternoon, and urged the public to avoid large areas. The site was reopened shortly before 3 p.m.
According to German tabloid Bild, 25 people were injured, 15 of them seriously, after the driver of a black SUV drove into the market and hit several pedestrians.
The driver, a 40-year-old German from the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate, was also injured in the incident and is being treated in hospital, Baden-Württemberg Interior Minister Thomas Strobl told the dpa news agency.
The driver fled the scene after the incident but was captured by police and arrested after a short manhunt. No information has been released on whether the incident was premeditated.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser canceled her plans for Cologne’s Rose Monday parade and will visit Mannheim instead.
“Saving lives, caring for the injured and the initial investigation by the authorities in Mannheim are now our top priorities,” Faeser’s spokesperson said.
Following the incident, three people are currently being treated at the University Hospital in Mannheim and are receiving acute medical care, the hospital said.
Another major German city, Munich, was the scene of a car attack in mid-February when an Afghan asylum seeker drove into a trade union demonstration.
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