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Iraqi News
16-02-2025
- Iraqi News
Mother and daughter die days after Munich car ramming
Munich – A two-year-old girl and her mother died Saturday from injuries suffered in a car-ramming attack two days earlier in the German city of Munich that left 37 others injured, police said. 'Unfortunately, we have to confirm the deaths today of the two-year-old child and her 37-year-old mother,' police spokesman Ludwig Waldinger told AFP. A 24-year-old Afghan man was arrested on suspicion of deliberately driving a car into a trade union demonstration on Thursday. Police said the asylum seeker, identified by German media as Farhad N., may have had Islamist extremist motives for the attack. After the incident, the suspect uttered the words 'Allahu Akbar' (God is greatest) to police officers and also prayed, prosecutor Gabriele Tilmann said on Friday. The carnage came shortly before Germans head to the polls for a February 23 election where immigration is a key issue following a spate of attacks blamed on migrants. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a message on X that he was 'deeply shocked and saddened by the death of the small child and the woman who succumbed to their injuries after the attack in Munich'. 'It is unimaginable what the relatives are going through. My deepest condolences go out to them. The country mourns with them.'
Russia Today
16-02-2025
- Russia Today
Mother and child die after Munich ‘extremist attack'
A 37-year-old woman and her 2-year-old daughter have died from injuries sustained in a car-ramming attack in Munich, authorities confirmed on Saturday. The victims were among at least 39 people injured when a vehicle, driven by a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, plowed into a labor union demonstration. The incident occurred on Thursday, just ahead of the Munich Security Conference. The suspect, identified by local media as Farhad N., was arrested on 36 counts of attempted murder, grievous bodily harm, and reckless driving. 'Unfortunately, we have to confirm the deaths today of the two-year-old child and her 37-year-old mother,' police spokesman Ludwig Waldinger told AFP on Saturday. During interrogation, the suspect allegedly admitted to deliberately driving into the crowd. According to senior public prosecutor Gabriele Tilmann, the suspect acted for 'religious reasons,' and authorities are treating the incident as an extremism-motivated attack. READ MORE: Car rams into crowd at rally in Germany 'We don't want to jump to any conclusions, but given what has happened, we assume this was an Islamic extremist attack,' Tilmann told a press conference on Friday, adding that the suspect shouted 'Allahu Akbar' (God is great in Arabic) when he was detained. 'I can't say more about it, but his statements suggest a religious motive.' Tilmann said there is no evidence so far that the suspect was affiliated with any terrorist organization or had accomplices. A search of his apartment did not reveal any indication that he specifically targeted the union rally or that the attack was linked to the security conference, held less than two kilometers away. The suspect had legal residency in Germany after arriving in 2016 as an unaccompanied minor. Munich police stated that he had no prior convictions and was only known to authorities 'from investigations in which he was a witness.' In a similar attack in December, a 50-year-old Saudi doctor drove his car into a Christmas market crowd in Magdeburg, killing five and injuring over 200. The Munich attack marks the fifth incident involving immigrants in Germany over the past nine months, according to AP, further fueling debate on migration policies ahead of the federal election on February 23. READ MORE: A Syrian national has been detained by police after stabbing at least five in Austria Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the attack scene on Saturday, placing a white rose at an improvised memorial. He condemned the act, stating that the perpetrator 'must be punished and must leave the country.' In a separate incident on Saturday, a 14-year-old boy was fatally stabbed in Villach, Austria, by a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker with legal residency. 'I am angry – angry at those politicians who have allowed stabbings, rapes, gang wars, and other capital crimes to become the order of the day in Austria,' said right-wing leader Herbert Kickl, whose Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) won 28% of the vote in September's elections but has so far failed to form a coalition government.
Yahoo
15-02-2025
- Yahoo
Mother and daughter die days after Munich car ramming
A two-year-old girl and her mother died Saturday from injuries suffered in a car-ramming attack two days earlier in the German city of Munich that left 37 others injured, police said. "Unfortunately, we have to confirm the deaths today of the two-year-old child and her 37-year-old mother," police spokesman Ludwig Waldinger told AFP. A 24-year-old Afghan man was arrested on suspicion of deliberately driving a car into a trade union demonstration on Thursday. Police said the asylum seeker, identified by German media as Farhad N., may have had Islamist extremist motives for the attack. After the incident, the suspect uttered the words "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) to police officers and also prayed, prosecutor Gabriele Tilmann said on Friday. The carnage came shortly before Germans head to the polls for a February 23 election where immigration is a key issue following a spate of attacks blamed on migrants. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a message on X that he was "deeply shocked and saddened by the death of the small child and the woman who succumbed to their injuries after the attack in Munich". "It is unimaginable what the relatives are going through. My deepest condolences go out to them. The country mourns with them." ylf/fz/jxb
Yahoo
15-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Mother and two-year-old daughter die days after Munich car ramming
A mother and her two-year-old daughter have died from injuries sustained two days ago when a car deliberately rammed into a trade union demonstration in Munich on Thursday. The attack wounded 37 people, including children, police said. A two-year-old girl and her mother died Saturday from injuries suffered in the car-ramming attack two days ago in the German city of Munich that left 37 others injured, police said. "Unfortunately, we have to confirm the deaths today of the two-year-old child and her 37-year-old mother," police spokesman Ludwig Waldinger told AFP. An Afghan man was arrested on suspicion of deliberately driving a car into a trade union demonstration on Thursday. Police said the 24-year-old asylum seeker, identified by German media as Farhad N., may have had Islamist extremist motives for the attack. After the incident, the suspect uttered the words "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) to police officers and also prayed, prosecutor Gabriele Tilmann said on Friday. The carnage came shortly before Germans head to the polls for a February 23 election where immigration is a key issue following a spate of attacks blamed on migrants. (AFP) Read more on FRANCE 24 EnglishRead also:Dozens injured after car drives into crowd in Munich in 'suspected attack'Economy, migration, defence loom large in German election: A turning point for Europe?
Saudi Gazette
15-02-2025
- Politics
- Saudi Gazette
Saudi Arabia condemns car-ramming attack in Munich
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Saudi Arabia condemned the car-ramming attack that occurred in the German city of Munich on Thursday. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom's condemnation of the run-over incident that resulted in several injuries. Saudi Arabia reaffirmed its complete rejection and denunciation of all forms of violence and expressed solidarity with Germany. The ministry wished a speedy recovery to the injured. At least 30 people were injured, some seriously, when a car was driven into a crowd in Munich. The driver was a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, police said, and was identified in local media as Farhad N. He was arrested at the scene. Police said counter-terrorism officers had taken over the investigation, but Bavaria's state premier later clarified that there was no immediate indication of "previous extremist backgrounds".
