Monday, May 4th, afternoon.
A driver plowed his car into a crowd on a pedestrian street in downtown Leipzig, eastern Germany, killing two people.
The dead are a 63-year-old woman and a 77-year-old man, both German nationals. Three people were seriously injured. The case is being investigated by authorities as murder and attempted murder.
The total number of injured is unknown, but authorities said that about 80 people were somehow affected by the events. It is not known how many of them were injured. Many left the scene on their own to seek medical attention, according to investigators.
The driver, a 33-year-old German man, was arrested at the scene without resistance. Police spokeswoman Susanne Lübcke stated that the suspect stopped the car on his own and was inside the vehicle at the time of his arrest.
According to local broadcaster MDR, there are indications that the man had recently been discharged from a psychiatric hospital. According to the Bild newspaper, the driver showed signs of mental instability at the time of his arrest. This type of act is "frequently associated with psychological instability," stated Armin Schuster, Interior Secretary of the state of Saxony.
Later, the police reported that there was no evidence, based on current information, to suggest that the perpetrator had political or religious motives. He acted alone and, according to the DPA news agency, was already known to the police, but not for any specific crime.
According to the police, the man was born in Germany and lives in the Leipzig region.
The driver will appear in court on Tuesday.
Source: BBC
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