Eight people were injured after a car rushed into the crowd on Friday in Stuttgart, in the southwest of Germany, according to local police who indicate that he “Currently there is no evidence of an attack or a deliberate act“.
“Based on our current investigations, our colleagues on site think that this is a tragic accident“Said the police on their X account.
“A car struck a group of people“In the Olgaeck district of the downtown Stuttgart, said the same source, specifying that the results were from”eight injured, including three serious“.
The German security services are under maximum alert statement following several deadly attacks to the ram car in recent months, especially in the cities of Magdeburg (East) and Munich (South).
-The German media indicated that the driver of the vehicle, a large 4×4 Mercedes Noir, had been arrested, without giving more details.
A police spokesperson said to the Stuttgarter Nachrichten newspaper that the drama occurred around 5:50 p.m. (3:50 p.m. GMT).
The firefighters said the three seriously injured had been hospitalized while the others had been treated on the spot.
Police recommended the population on Friday to avoid the Stuttgart center, warning major disruption in car traffic.
