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02 December 2020 – 10:36 Clock
Motorists drive through the city center of Trier
A car sped through the city center of Trier. The SUV is said to have driven in zigzag lines through the pedestrian zone between Porta Nigra and Fleischstrasse at more than 100 kilometers per hour. There were five dead and several seriously injured. Now it is clear: there is also a baby among the dead, as confirmed by Malu Dreyer, Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate. In the video you can see scenes of the pedestrian zone of Trier, filmed by eyewitnesses.
Amok Drive in Trier: two women, a man and a baby dead
“To our knowledge, this is a 25-year-old woman from Trier, a 45-year-old man from Trier, a nine-week-old baby and a 73-year-old woman from Trier,” a police spokesman said at a press conference. On tuesday night.
Therefore, the mother of the dead baby is in the hospital. Police reported the death of the 52-year-old man as the fifth victim of the riot on Tuesday night.
Malu Dreyer shocked by the fatal journey through the center of Trier
“Worst of all, today people have lost their lives,” said the Prime Minister. You can hardly imagine what parents who have lost their child would have to go through now, Dreyer said in his press release.
Rhineland-Palatinate Interior Minister Roger Lewentz confirmed that four people were seriously injured. Five other people are important and six are slightly injured. Also, there are numerous eyewitnesses who are traumatized by what they had to see.
At first, the police spoke of several injuries.
Bernd W. is the name of the alleged Trier gunman.
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Police have now confirmed that a 51-year-old man from the Trier-Saarburg district was arrested four minutes after the first emergency call. Bernd W., who was drunk at the time of the crime, indiscriminately hit people with his truck. According to the police, he did not spend the last days in an apartment, but in his car. He had not previously reported to the police. He is currently being questioned and will also comment on the act.
“At the moment we cannot say anything about the motivation,” said Trier police station spokesman Karl-Peter Jochem. “We don’t know why he did that.” There are no signs in either direction. The 51-year-old is not classified as a threat. After the arrest, in which the suspect offered considerable resistance, there was no longer any danger to the population. You can read about what threatens Bernd W. here.
It became a reference portal for witnesses. Anyone who has taken photos or videos of the fatal journey through the pedestrian zone can upload them there to help investigators with their work. A hotline has also been created for the victims’ families to contact.
Eyewitnesses report devastating scenes in Trier
More and more photos and videos of downtown Trier appear on social media. They show a large police presence. The police ask to avoid the center. Rescuers run down the shopping street.
Police have now confirmed five dead. Mayor Wolfram Leibe said: “It was a horrifying picture. It was just terrible.” He saw a child’s shoe thrown in the street.
An eyewitness describes: “A Range Rover crossed the city and took everything that got in its way. Children, babies, adults. A woman saw a dead baby in the street.” Another eyewitness reported: “We tried with great difficulty to ventilate a baby. He is dead, there was nothing he could do. The wife’s husband and the baby, both dead.”
Angela Merkel: “The news from Trier makes me very sad”
“What happened in Trier is shocking,” government spokesman Steffen Seibert said on Twitter. He later shared a statement by Chancellor Angela Merkel there.
Images of the vehicle of the alleged crime
This could be the crime vehicle.
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A video shows several police officers pushing a man in gray jeans to the ground next to the truck. An ambulance with a siren appears, a policeman runs towards the other agents. More information on the arrest of the alleged perpetrator can be found here. Police obtain evidence and emergency services treat traumatized eyewitnesses to the crime.
