German police said at least one person was killed and more than 10 injured, five of whom were in critical condition, following a car plowed into a crowd on a bustling shopping street in Berlin’s west district. “It is believed that a man drove his car into the crowd. It is unclear whether this was an accident or a deliberate act,” police said, according to Archyde.com, adding that the man was detained at the scene.
A police spokesman said the man drove his car into a store on the bustling Tauentzienstrasse and smashed the store’s glass windows.
The German newspaper Bild reported that the man was driving a Renault car.
Archyde.com TV footage showed a large number of firefighters and ambulances at the scene, emergency workers carrying empty stretchers on call, and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Gedaechtniskirche), one of Berlin’s most famous landmarks, which was badly damaged during the war.
Near the site of today’s incident, on December 19, 2016, Anis Amri, a Tunisian who was associated with the militant group Islamic State and failed to seek asylum in Germany, hijacked a truck and threw it into After the driver was killed, he drove his truck into the Christmas market, killing 12 people and injuring dozens more.
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