Germany's Mannheim cancels Carnival events after two killed by driver
The German city of Mannheim has cancelled several Carnival events after a car drove into a crowd in the city centre on Monday, killing two people.
The Carnival parades planned for Tuesday in the suburbs of Feudenheim, Neckarau and Sandhofen will not take place, the city announced. The street Carnival in the city centre and the Carnival market at the nearby water town have also been cancelled.
The nearby city of Heidelberg announced earlier on Monday that it had cancelled its Carnival procession in the wake of the incident in Mannheim.
Mannheim Lord Mayor Christian Specht ordered the flags on municipal buildings to be lowered to half-mast. "This horrific, inhuman attack on peaceful people has deeply shocked us all," he said.
According to information obtained by dpa, the alleged driver, a German national, was detained and is now in hospital with injuries. The police do not assume there were other perpetrators involved.
Carnival festivities began in Germany on Thursday and run until Ash Wednesday, which in the Christian calendar marks the beginning of the Lenten season of prayer, fasting and atonement.
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