February 14, 2025 8:32 PM

Afghan national confesses to Munich car ramming that injured 36, prosecutor says

An Afghan national has admitted to purposefully driving into a crowd in the German city of Munich and authorities have determined an Islamist motive for the crime, a prosecutor said on Friday. At least 36 people including a toddler were hurt on Thursday when the 24-year-old man ploughed into demonstrators gathered in the city centre, putting security back in focus before next week's federal election. "He has admitted that he deliberately drove into the participants of the demonstration," lead ...