Dozens of wounded on suspect cars in Munich

At least 30 people were injured, some seriously after a car was expelled into a crowd in Munich, just a week before the federal election in the country.

The driver was a 24-year-old Afghan seeking asylum seeker, police said and was identified in local media as Farhad N. he was arrested at the scene.

Police said terrorism employees had taken the investigation over indications that the suspect had had “extremist origin”.

It comes after a series of deadly attacks in Germany – with some allegedly done by immigrants. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the driver “should be punished and he should leave the country.”

It was also held on the eve of the Munich Security Conference – with world leaders, including Ukraine President Volodimir Zelenski and US Vice President JD Vance, should arrive in the city.

The reduction happened during a rally of the Union of Transport Workers around 10:30 local time (09:30 GMT) on Thursday.

The car was seen approaching police cars at a rally in Dahauer Stras, a short distance from Munich’s main railway station before accelerating and moving in the crowd, police said. Police shoot the vehicle before holding the man.

Rescue helicopters were quickly at the scene, and Munich Mayor Dieter Reatter said the children were among the wounded.

Eyewitnesses told the BBC that they had seen people running for a shelter in shops and residential buildings, while the “worrying” scene unfolded.

“It’s obviously very disturbing,” said a student who studied in a nearby cafe. “I can’t concentrate on anything else.”

The car again poses problems with immigration and security in the foreground of the federal elections to be held on February 23.

According to the German press agency, the suspect came to Germany in 2016 as a minor and gave up his request for asylum next year.

The agency said it was intended to be deported in the fall of 2020.

Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herman said he was not forced to leave Germany because of security concerns in Afghanistan.

Munich police said the suspect had a valid residence permit during the collision.

Bavaria Prime Minister Marcus Soder called the incident “suspect attack”.

“Something has to change something in Germany – and quickly,” he said.

The Germans had immediate reminders of an attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg less than two months ago, killing six people and injuring 300 others.

“When you get the news that someone was driving a car again in a crowd of people, the fact that there are many injured is a slap in the face,” Prime Minister Soder said.

“We will clarify all the details, but we react cautiously to every attack like this.”

Police said they could not confirm whether anyone else was involved after unconfirmed second -person messages in the car.

They appeal to witnesses to come out with information and staff from the incident.

Bavaria was hit by an attack only three weeks ago when a young child and a man aged 41 were killed in a park in a park in Ascafenburg.

It was soon emerging that the suspected striker was an Afghan citizen with suspected jihadist sympathies, and Olaf Scholz called on the authorities at that time to explain why he was still in Germany.

Repeated attacks are the issue of immigration and asylum policy in the February 23 elections in Germany, with the final right -wing alternative to Germany (AFD), ranked second in the opinion studies.

Candidate for Chancellor Alice Weidel publicly supported the calls for “remigination”, considered as a reference to mass deportations of immigrants.

Scholz, whose center has left the Social Democrats, is lagging behind AFD, said the government plans to increase the deportations of serious criminals in Afghanistan. The deportations in Kabul began last August.

In a separate development, an Afghan man with suspected Islamist sympathies went to court in prison with high security in Stuttgart for a knife attack in which he killed a police officer and injured five other people at an anti -Islamic rally in Mannheim last May.

Months later, three people were killed by a man armed with a knife in the western city of Solingen. The Syrian, who was supposed to be deported, was arrested and the Jihadist group of Islamic State said he was behind the attack.