Several injured in Munich as a car drives into a group of people
A car drove into a group of people in downtown Munich, injuring several, the city's police wrote on X just before 11 am (1000 GMT).
The driver was promptly detained by officers, the police added in a subsequent post.
"There is no further danger from him at the moment," a Munich police spokesman said. "We have no reason to believe that there is any danger to the public."
He added that it remains initially unclear how seriously the people were injured, and whether the crash was an accident or may have been deliberately driven into the crowd.
"We are currently on the scene with strong forces," he said.
According to police, a demonstration by the verdi trade union was taking place at the scene of the incident, on Munich's Stiglmaierplatz, at around 10:30 am.
It was initially unclear whether demonstrators were among the injured. Several ambulances were also parked a few streets away from Stiglmaierplatz.
Munich is currently preparing for tight security with the Munich Security Conference (MSC), a major gathering of foreign policy experts and global leaders, set to open on Friday.
The conference is hosted at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof, located about 1.6 kilometres away from Stiglmaierplatz in the Munich city centre.
US Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are among the many senior world leaders expected to attend the MSC.
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