One person has been killed, and two more injured after a man drove a car into a group of pedestrians on a busy street in the German city of Heidelberg.
Local law enforcement say that the driver, aged in his 30s, drove the rental car into a group of three people standing outside a bakery around 3pm on Saturday.
A 73-year-old German man died in hospital following the attack, while a 32-year-old Austrian man and a 29-year-old Bosnian woman were injured.
Regional newspaper Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung said that the man was stopped at a red traffic light, and that he “put his foot down” when it tuned green, hitting pedestrians and smashing into a pillar.
Witnesses say that the driver of the car was armed with a knife upon exiting the vehicle, and after attempting to flee the scene, was shot and injured by police in a brief stand-off.
The man, whose identity has not been released, is in hospital, and is reportedly not yet fit to be questioned. His motive remains unclear, but police believe he acted alone.
Source: BBC News.
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