German police stated that a car ramming incident occurred in the southwestern city of Mannheim, resulting in two deaths and multiple injuries, and a suspect has been detained.
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03-15, 2025Baden-Württemberg Interior Minister Thomas Strobl told the German press agency dpa that a 40-year-old German man from nearby Rhineland-Palatinate has been detained and is currently receiving treatment in hospital for injuries.
Hours after the incident on Monday afternoon (Monday evening AEST), police said that "at this stage of the investigation, there is no indication of a second perpetrator," but the public is no longer in danger.
Emergency services and police stand by on Paradeplatz square in Mannheim, Germany, on Monday, March 3, 2025, after a serious incident. Police spokesman Stefan Wilhelm said that around noon (10 p.m. AEST), a driver drove into a crowd of people on Paradeplatz square, during workers' lunch break. Local media reported that a carnival market was being held at the time, meaning Mannheim (population 326,000) had more tourists than usual.
Mannheim University Hospital stated that they are treating three injured people from the car accident, including two adults and one child, German news agency dpa reported. It is not yet known whether other hospitals have admitted patients. Images from the scene show that parts of the city center have been cordoned off, with a large police presence. Police gathered around a severely damaged black car.
Friedrich Merz, a potential future German Chancellor, wrote on X: "This event - and the acts of terror of the past months - are an urgent reminder that we must do everything we can to prevent such acts." Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz wrote on X: "We mourn with the families of the victims of this senseless act of violence."
Last month, a two-year-old girl and her mother died two days after being injured in a car ramming of a union demonstration in Munich. A 24-year-old Afghan man who came to Germany as an asylum seeker was arrested immediately after the attack, and prosecutors said he appeared to have Islamic extremist motives. Last year, in the eastern German city of Magdeburg, a car drove into a Christmas market, killing six people and injuring more than 200. The arrested suspect was a 50-year-old doctor, originally from Saudi Arabia, who had expressed anti-Muslim views and supported the far-right anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party.
