Germany: islamist terror attack as car rams crowd in Munich

28 people were injured Thursday in Munich, southern Germany, when a vehicle rammed into a group, police said. The driver was arrested at the scene.

Munich police said on the social network X that the incident occurred in the city center, which is hosting the opening of the Security Conference. According to the Bild newspaper, 28 people were reportedly injured, at least two of them seriously. A minor is also among the injured.

According to police, the driver is a 24-year-old Afghan immigrant and asylum seeker with a prior criminal record for theft and drug trafficking offenses.

The Prosecutor's Office announced Friday that it believes there is an Islamist terrorist motivation behind the attack. According to authorities, the accused shouted several Islamist slogans when he was detained by police at the time of the attack.

Prosecutor Gabriele Tilmann stated that the suspect said "Allahu Akbar", or "God is great", to Police and then prayed after his arrest, prompting a department that investigates extremism and terror to take up the case immediately.

The prime minister of the Bavarian region, Markus Söder, assured the media that the investigation points to a terrorist act. "The attack shows that I have to change something in Germany," the politician declared.

Barely three weeks ago, another Afghan immigrant and asylum seeker perpetrated another attack in which he stabbed a man and a minor in the city of Aschaffenburg. The previous month, in December, another attack took place at the Magdeburg Christmas market that killed six people.

Local media indicated that the car, a Mini Cooper, rammed a group of striking workers from the Verdi union, and that ambulances quickly arrived at the site.

According to witnesses of the incident, quoted by Bild, two men were in the vehicle. Police opened fire during the intervention, reportedly aiming at one of the vehicle’s windows to stop the two men.

The attack took place in the center of the city, where there is a police presence due to a Security Conference attended by Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski, among other leaders.

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