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Today a car hit the crowd in Charlottenburg. The driver of the car, a 29-year-old German from Armenia, was arrested. It is not yet clear whether he was an attack or an accident

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
BERLIN – by a died and at least a dozen injured, including 5 in danger of life, the blood toll of the accident that took place this morning in the heart of the German capital.

A car swooped down on a group of people, ending its run into a shop. According to reports from the German press, the victim was a 51-year-old teacher who was with her pupils, who were allegedly injured. Pupils and teachers (there would be a second in addition to the woman killed, who would be seriously injured) came from a school in Hesse. The driver was arrested after a brief escape attempt, but not yet clear whether this is an intentional or involuntary act. German Interior Ministry spokesman Maximilian Kall said it was too early to tell.

According to an initial police reconstruction, the man drove his silver-colored Renault Clio into a curb full of people before putting the car back on the street and crashing into a perfume shop window a block away. According to reports from Bild, which in turn sues the police, a 29-year-old Armenian German, already known to the police for property crimes. In the car driven by the young man, a letter of vindication and confession would have been found, but the motive is not yet clear.

L’man tried to escape, but was detained by some passers-by, before being taken over by the police. He is currently being interrogated. An eyewitness told police that he drove without but slowing down in a moment. The site of the disaster immediately made us think of a terrorist attack. In fact, the incident occurred on the famous Kurfrstendamm, the commercial street in the western part of Berlin, a few meters from Breitscheidplatz, where on 19 December 2019 the Islamic terrorist of Tunisian origin Anis Amri threw a truck against the Christmas market, causing the death of 13 people and dozens of injured. Amri then managed to escape to Italy, where he was tracked down and killed in a fire fight with the police.

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The entire area has been closed to traffic, over 130 agents, firefighters and rescue personnel are present on site with over 60 ambulances, tow trucks, fire engines and vans. We are not yet able to establish whether it was an attack or whether the incident was caused by medical or other causes, said Berlin police spokesman Thilo Cablitz.

At first there was talk of 30 injured. But then the figure was corrected downwards. However, the risk of a more serious death toll remains. Some images, photos taken by passersby, show a body on the asphalt covered with a sheet and a little farther on the car is still stranded in the window. There mayor of Berlin, Franziska Giffey, said she was shocked by what happened, expressing her condolences towards the victims and their families. But she invited to the cautionas for the conclusions, given that the accidental nature of the fact has not yet been ruled out.

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Currently there is a larger use in the #Tauenzienstrae.
A man is said to have driven into a group of people. It is not yet known whether it was an accident or intentional action. Emergency services hold the man who is said to have been driving on site.
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— Police Berlin (@policeberlin) June 8, 2022

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