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At least one killed in car ramming attack in German city of Mannheim, police say

Police respond to an incident at Paradeplatz in the center of Mannheim, Germany, on Monday. Dieter Leder/picture alliance/Getty Images

Police respond to an incident at Paradeplatz in the center of Mannheim, Germany, on Monday. Dieter Leder/picture alliance/Getty Images

CNN — At least one person has been killed and several others have been injured after a car rammed into pedestrians in the southwestern German city of Mannheim, local police said Monday.
 
The incident occurred shortly after midday local time (6 a.m. ET), said Stefan Wilhelm, a spokesperson for Mannheim police. A suspect has been arrested, he added.
Germany’s federal government issued an “extreme danger” warning in the city and said a large-scale police operation is underway.
 
Mikla Cela, a worker at a restaurant in the city center, told CNN that he saw a black car drive by at high speed. He said he later heard several people screaming and saw a man with a white jacket lying on the floor.

 

Officers inspect a damaged vehicle after the deadly incident on March 3.
Officers inspect a damaged vehicle after the deadly incident on March 3.  Boris Roessler/dpa/AP
 

Ferry Overdevest, the owner of a flower store in central Mannheim, told CNN that around 30 people had sought shelter in his shop and that ambulances were on the streets outside.

Germany has been rocked by a string of deadly car ramming attacks in recent months.

In December, a vehicle plowed into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing six people, including a 9-year-old boy. The suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi citizen who had lived in Germany for more than a decade and worked to help Saudis leave his home country. Social media posts showed he was a fervent critic of Islam.

In February, a person drove a Mini Cooper into demonstrators in Munich, killing a mother and her child and injuring more than 30 others. The suspect is a 24-year-old Afghan man.

That attack came on the eve of the Munich Security Conference and just days before the country’s federal election, where concerns over immigration and security helped propel the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to second place.

Monday’s attack comes as Germany celebrates “Rose Monday,” a carnival held before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent.

Author: Benjamin Brown and Stephanie Halasz, CNN

Source: CNN:::

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