As we reported, two people died in Leipzig as a result of a car driving into a crowd of pedestrians. Three were seriously injured, and a total of another 20 people were affected.
A car drove into a crowd of people in a pedestrian zone in the center of Leipzig. As a result, two people died, and three others were seriously injured, Leipzig's mayor Burkhard Jung reported on Monday, May 4.
According to Leipzig Fire Chief Axel Schuh, in addition to the deceased and seriously injured, another 20 people were affected.
The Prosecutor's Office has Launched an Investigation
The suspect in the attack is a 33-year-old German citizen, said Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster. The driver, suspected of the incident in Leipzig, surrendered without resistance. "We detained the perpetrator inside the vehicle," said Leipzig Police Chief Rene Demmler.
The Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation on suspicion of murdering two people and attempting to murder at least two others. The investigation assumes that this was a deliberate attack, the prosecutor stated. According to her office, there is no evidence of possible accomplices to the crime.
Driver Detained
"The driver has been detained and currently poses no further danger," the Leipzig police reported. A law enforcement representative told reporters that the suspect is a "German citizen born in Germany." No further details are being disclosed at this time.
According to the newspaper Bild, the driver was speeding through the center of Leipzig. The incident occurred on the shopping street Grimmaische Straße. The local newspaper Leipziger Volkszeitung, citing witnesses, reports that the car "flew by at a very high speed."
The reasons for the car's collision are unclear. More than a dozen ambulances, a rescue helicopter, and a large group of paramedics, forensic experts, and investigators are on the scene. The city's hospitals are prepared to receive the injured.
