Two -year -old girl and her mother died after being injured in An attack on the breaking of cars on the demonstration of the union The police announced in Munich on Saturday.
The 24-year-old Afghan man who came to Germany as an asylum seeker was arrested immediately after the attack on Thursday. Prosecutors said on Friday that he seemed to have an Islamic extremist motive, but there was no evidence that he was involved in any radical network. At the scene, damaged mini cooper and other debris could be seen.
Thirty -nine people were injured in the attack and police said on Friday that two were seriously injured. The mayor, Dieter Reiter, said on Friday that the children were among the injured in a “deep shocking” attack.
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On Saturday, the Bavaria National Criminal Office said that a young girlfriend and her mother, a 37-year-old from Munich, died of their injuries, the German DPA news agency reported. No other details are divided.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz He visited the location of the attack on Saturday and laid a white rose on an improvised memorial -a remark.
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Was the fifth in a row Attacks involving immigrants In the past nine months, including a Attack on the Christmas market That left five dead and hundreds of injured. Incidents pushed migration to the first plan of the campaign for German choices February 23.
Friday also marked the beginning of a three -day conference on security in Munich, an annual gathering of officials of international foreign and security policies. US Vice President JD Vance was among the participants and touched in the city just hours before the attack. Police said he had no connection between Vance’s presence and an incident.
