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The death toll from the car accident in the western German city of Trier rose to 4 on Tuesday, with police confirming that “there is no indication of any political motive” behind the incident. .
The death toll from the car accident that took place in the western German city of Trier rose to 4 on Tuesday, while police confirmed that “there is no indication of political motives” behind the incident.
Police added that investigations into the circumstances of the accident are continuing, according to Agence France-Presse.
Earlier, German police said two people were killed and 15 others seriously injured, as a result of hitting several pedestrians on a pedestrian walkway.
And Trier police announced in a tweet on “Twitter” that they had managed to arrest the driver, seize the car he was driving and ram him into pedestrians.
Police and rescue teams rushed to the scene and the authorities asked citizens to avoid the city center, but did not indicate the nature of the attack or whether it was a possible terrorist attack.
With the occurrence of this incident at the beginning of December, the terrorist attack run over, which targeted a Christmas market in the capital Berlin, on December 19, 2016, returns to the minds of Germans.
The attack carried out by Tunisian asylum seeker Anis al-Amiri, at the time, resulted in the death of 12 people, while dozens more were injured, amid a state of panic.
The hit-and-run incident occurred, while the security services of European countries increased the level of preparedness, following the attacks in France and Austria.
Trier is about 200 km west of Frankfurt, near the Luxembourg border. The city of 110,000 inhabitants is known for its Roman gate, Porta Negra, near the site of the attack, and is the birthplace of Karl Marx.
Source: Sky News
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