German police to interrogate suspect in deadly Mannheim car attack
German police are set to interrogate on Tuesday the man suspected of driving a car into pedestrians in the south-western city of Mannheim, killing two people and leaving 11 injured.
Investigators searched the 40-year-old man's flat in the nearby city of Ludwigshafen late on Monday and seized a number of items, dpa has learnt.
The German national has been transferred from hospital to police custody and is due to be questioned later on Tuesday.
"We will question him today," said Andreas Stenger, head of the criminal police office in the state of Baden-Württemberg, where Mannheim is located.
Investigators hope that the interrogation will provide information about the motive for the incident on Monday, which police called a targeted attack.
Police said there was evidence suggesting the suspect suffers from a psychological disorder.
He reportedly shot himself in the mouth with a blank-firing pistol as he was being taken into custody.
Handwritten notes have been discovered on the car's dashboard containing mathematical formulas for speed and braking distance.
The attack took place on Monday afternoon at the busy Paradeplatz square in central Mannheim, a city of approximately 320,000 people that lies about 80 kilometres south of Frankfurt.
Witnesses reported seeing a car speeding down Planken street, a major shopping thoroughfare, before striking pedestrians near the square.
An 83-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man were killed in the incident, with a total of 11 injured.
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