'SUSPECTED ATTACK'

Car Attack Injures at least 28 as JD Vance Arrives in Munich for Security Conference

The vice president is in town for the Munich Security Conference.

A car has crashed into a crowd in Munich in a “suspected attack.” At least 28 people including children have been injured, at least two of them seriously, according to reports. Police say that the driver is a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker who was known to police for theft and drug offenses, and that he has been arrested. Witnesses told Bild that a Mini Cooper sped up before it hit people marching in a trade union demonstration and that two men were in the vehicle, one of whom was shot. Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder said, “The attack shows that I have to change something in Germany—and quickly.“ Germany suffered a deadly vehicle-ramming attack at a Christmas market in December, and today’s incident comes a week before national elections amid a national debate about migration. Police say the incident isn’t related to U.S. Vice President JD Vance visit to Munich for a security conference.