On Thursday morning, the 24-year-old Afghan refugee flew into a demonstration of the union in Central Munich, injuring almost 40 people. Police say they investigate if the driver, who confessed to a deliberate attack, was active. The attack occurred just 10 days before the federal elections that were focused on migration, and the fall could be big in the last days of the campaign.
What happened during the attack?
Around 10:30 on Thursday, police officers at the Police Crusader at the end of the Union tail march in Central Munich noticed a mini cooper with two doors coming from behind. The car accelerated to pass the cruiser and enter the back of the marches. Witnesses said they heard a mini Rev up as he walked into the crowd. Police fired one shot while they were going to arrest the driver.
An ambulance and a helicopter arrived at the scene. Police have set up a temporary post at a nearby restaurant, where they asked witnesses to report and set up an online portal for the transfer of any video or image of the attack. Officers also used dogs to search the car.
By the evening, the damaged car was lifted on a tow truck and dived.
Who were the victims?
On Friday, police said 36 people had been injured, including several children. The 12-year-old girl, who was seriously injured, was still in intensive care.
The car broke into a crowd of union members and supporters and their families. Verdi, one of the largest unions in Germany, called a one -day strike for some public sector workers, including those employed in day care, garbage collection and city government.
About 1,500 marches were accompanied by police as they walked on public street.
What do we know about the suspect?
The man came to Germany as a minor unaccompanied in 2016, according to the authorities. During an asylum request, he said his father was killed in Afghanistan and that the killers were looking for him. The authorities did not believe his testimony at the time and did not give him the official status of asylum. In a standard bureaucratic turn, the City of Munich gave a man a temporary license to reside in 2021, which enabled him to access education opportunities and to work. The man, named by the authorities as Farhad N., in accordance with strict privacy guidelines, attended the school and eventually started working for a little while for two private companies.
Unlike other suspects in similar seemingly random attacks, Mr. N. It seemed mostly integrated into German society and was not known to the authorities for violence or crime. He held a job and hired an apartment in Munich. He was a bodybuilder and had a relatively major monitoring on Instagram and Tictok, where he introduced himself as a fitness model, said on Friday at the Munich public law office.
The office explored him on suspicion of 36 dots and attempts to kill and cause dangerous bodily injuries. After the driver acknowledged the attack, the authorities said they believe he had religious motives and “Islamist orientation”.
Investigators said they found a message on his cellphone in which he said goodbye to a loved one, saying, “Maybe tomorrow maybe I’m not around.”
However, investigators, who were still combing their digital devices, said they did not find a relationship with the Islamic State or other terrorist organizations.
Why did this attack rattle Germany?
This is at least the fifth random random attack of a Middle Eastern or Afghan Migrant in the last nine months. At the end of May the Afghan migrant killed a police officer and wounded several participants in the extremely right demonstration in Mannheim. In August, the Syrian refugee was killed three and injured eight UA stabs into Solingen. In December, a Saudi Arabia man used SUV to kill six people and injure 300 Ride on the Christmas market in Magdeburg. Last month, an Afghan refugee with an apparent mental illness used a kitchen knife to kill a child and a man who hurried to help in the city park in a small town in Bavari.
These attacks have helped to increase the popularity of the extremely right alternative to Germany, known as the AFD, which has made a limiting migration to one of its key boards. Last month Friedrich Merz, who runs conservative Christian Democrats and is expected to be the next chancellor of Germany, broke the taboo Voting in parliament with AFD about migration measures. While he was soon criticized by one hundred thousand protesters who soon went out to the streets, his voice showed how much the issue of restricting immigration became the main one, although the number of those looking for asylum fell.
German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said Thursday that the attacker should be punished and returned to Afghanistan.
