Two people killed after car runs into crowd in Leipzig, Germany
NBC News • • general
Key Points:
- Two people have been killed and several others injured after a driver rammed a car into a busy pedestrian shopping street in Leipzig, Germany, on Monday, according to Saxony police.
- The incident occurred on Grimmaische Strasse around 5 p.m. local time, with the 33-year-old German suspect apprehended shortly after fleeing the scene.
- Authorities confirmed both fatalities are German citizens, and the suspect is currently in police custody as investigations into attempted murder begin; the motive remains unknown.
- Leipzig’s mayor expressed shock and solidarity with the victims’ families, while emergency services declared the event a mass casualty and established a support center for those affected.
- This incident adds to a recent pattern of car ramming attacks in Germany, including deadly events in Magdeburg, Mannheim, and Munich over the past two years.
