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Car drives into crowd in German city of Mannheim, killing two
Reuters ^ | 03/03/2025 | Alfio Marino and Rachel More

Posted on 03/03/2025 11:01:26 AM PST by SeekAndFind

MANNHEIM, Germany, March 3 (Reuters) - A car drove into a crowd in the western German city of Mannheim on Monday, killing at least two people and seriously injuring several others, overshadowing carnival celebrations in the region where police had been on alert for attacks. Police detained the car's driver and later said he had acted alone, with no broader threat seen for the public. The suspect is a 40-year-old German man from the neighbouring state of Rhineland-Palatinate who did not appear to be politically motivated, they said. People were seen lying on the ground at the scene and at least two were being resuscitated, a witness told Reuters.

It was unclear whether the driver acted deliberately or if there was any connection to Germany's carnival celebrations, which culminated on Rose Monday with a number of parades, although not in Mannheim, which held its main event on Sunday.

Police declined to comment on the suspect's identity, saying this was a focus of their investigation.

Security has been a key concern in Germany following a string of violent attacks in recent weeks, including deadly car rammings in Magdeburg in December and in Munich last month, as well as a stabbing in Mannheim in May 2024. Police were on high alert for this year's carnival parades after social media accounts linked to the Islamic State militant group called for attacks on the events in Cologne and Nuremberg.

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser cancelled her attendance at the parade in Cologne on Monday, Germany's biggest, due to the events in Mannheim, a spokesperson for the minister said.

Rose Monday, the culmination of the annual carnival season celebrated in Germany's mainly Catholic western and southern regions, features parades of floats that often include comical or satirical references to current affairs.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Germany; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: carattack; germany; terrorism
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1 posted on 03/03/2025 11:01:26 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

These car attacks are becoming more frequent in Germany.

According to The Telegraph (see here: http://h.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/03/mannheim-germany-suspected-attack-live/) :

Last month, a man drove a car into a trade union demonstration in the southern city of Munich, killing a two-year-old girl and her mother.

In December, a car-ramming attack targeted a Christmas market in the eastern city of Magdeburg, killing six people and wounding hundreds.

In August, three people were killed and eight injured in a knife attack in Solingen. The suspect was a suspected member of the Islamic State group.


2 posted on 03/03/2025 11:03:09 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The car did not drive. Someone drove the car


3 posted on 03/03/2025 11:03:36 AM PST by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: SeekAndFind

Was anyone driving the car?


4 posted on 03/03/2025 11:04:08 AM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: SeekAndFind

“...police declined to comment on the suspect’s identity”
“...did not appear to be politically motivated”

Nothing to see here, move along.


5 posted on 03/03/2025 11:04:48 AM PST by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: stanne

Looking forward to the first time I see the headline,”Gun shoots 3 in holdup.” Instead of “Teen shoots 3 in holdup.”


6 posted on 03/03/2025 11:10:49 AM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: SeekAndFind

How does a car drive itself?


7 posted on 03/03/2025 11:12:53 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: SeekAndFind

Police declined to comment on the suspect’s identity, saying this was a focus of their investigation.

Dont forget they are looking for a motive also! ha ha ha ha ha ha what FN idiots blinded by thier own denial and stupidity. Here is a hint: moo-slim invaders


8 posted on 03/03/2025 11:15:06 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: ealgeone

“ How does a car drive itself?”

In â European country especially Germany this is possible when the cover up of who was driving


9 posted on 03/03/2025 11:16:56 AM PST by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: SeekAndFind

What a pant load, Reuters! A “CAR” drove into a crowd? A “GERMAN” man was driving... appeared to be “POLITICALLY” motivated??? It was a muslim extremist who plowed into a crowd as an act of jihad!


10 posted on 03/03/2025 11:19:44 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: SeekAndFind

Sure, they say *German man* but that doesn’t mean he’s not muslim.

I’ve seen that tactic so often where the MSM reports someone as a local person, when they are illegals.

They don’t want to admit that they are illegals because of optics, so they’d rather gaslight us into thinking it’s a normal American citizen.


11 posted on 03/03/2025 11:20:17 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: SeekAndFind

By itself? You don’t say!


12 posted on 03/03/2025 11:20:49 AM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: Flaming Conservative

Correction “did not appear to be politically motivated”. “Unclear if it was related to celebration “ You mean ramadan, you worthless shills?


13 posted on 03/03/2025 11:22:09 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: SeekAndFind

Will they Ban Cars ?


14 posted on 03/03/2025 11:22:47 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: metmom

German man?

Don’t they mean Gerwoman man?

Can’t have that testosterone, you know.


15 posted on 03/03/2025 11:24:28 AM PST by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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To: SeekAndFind
Those rascally self-driving cars

Police detained the car's driver

Ooops, NM. My bad.

16 posted on 03/03/2025 11:24:43 AM PST by mykroar ("It's Not the Nature of the Evidence; It's the Seriousness of the Charge." - El Rushbo)
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To: ealgeone
How does a car drive itself?

I only know of three examples:

K.I.T.T.

Christine
And...

The Car.
17 posted on 03/03/2025 11:27:27 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
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To: Flaming Conservative

First day of Ramadan.
Mow down some infidels. Allah approves.


18 posted on 03/03/2025 11:30:59 AM PST by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: Deo volente

Opening Day


19 posted on 03/03/2025 11:38:29 AM PST by xp38
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To: RandallFlagg
Add to the list of self driving cars:

CyberTruck

20 posted on 03/03/2025 11:43:55 AM PST by Damifino (The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
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