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Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Yahoo
Evidence of mental illness in driver who rammed into Mannheim crowd
There is evidence that the driver of a car who fatally rammed into a crowd in the south-western German city of Mannheim on Monday is afflicted by a psychological disorder, the senior public prosecutor in Mannheim said. The man, who is in hospital with injuries, is being investigated for murder and an attempted murder, said Romeo Schüssler. Two people were killed and others were injured when the driver, a 40-year-old German, ploughed the car into the crowd on Monday afternoon. Law enforcement authorities said they do not believe the man had a political motive. Even so, Mannheim police president Ulrike Schäfer said the driver targeted his victims and described the car-ramming as a targeted attack. The man shot himself in the mouth with a blank firing pistol before police had taken him fully into custody, the president of the State Criminal Police Office, Andreas Stenger, said. His condition in hospital was described as stable. Authorities said the man had a criminal record, including an assault for which he served a short prison sentence over 10 years ago.
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Yahoo
Evidence of mental illness in driver who rammed into Mannheim crowd
There is evidence that the driver of a car who fatally rammed into a crowd in the south-western German city of Mannheim on Monday is afflicted by a psychological disorder, the senior public prosecutor in Mannheim said. The man, who is in hospital with injuries, is being investigated for murder and an attempted murder, said Romeo Schüssler. Two people were killed and others were injured when the driver, a 40-year-old German, ploughed the car into the crowd on Monday afternoon. Law enforcement authorities said they do not believe the man had a political motive. Even so, Mannheim police president Ulrike Schäfer said the driver targeted his victims and described the car-ramming as a targeted attack. The man shot himself in the mouth with a blank firing pistol before police had taken him fully into custody, the president of the State Criminal Police Office, Andreas Stenger, said. His condition in hospital was described as stable. Authorities said the man had a criminal record, including an assault for which he served a short prison sentence over 10 years ago.
