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The driver of the car has been arrested, reports dw.com.
Two people were initially reported to have died in the incident, and the number of people killed subsequently rose to four, including a child. This was reported by the Trierische Volksfreund newspaper.
The age of the child who died is not specified. As the publication noted, the condition of several victims is serious.
The incident took place at the symbol of the city, the ancient gates of Porta Nigra. There, the driver deliberately pointed the car at pedestrians. He was arrested. Trier police said the incident was caused by a 51-year-old city resident of the Saarburg district.
He is a German citizen, according to the daily Bild. The detainee resisted the police officers. The incident occurred around 2 pm local time. The reasons for the driver’s behavior are not yet known.
“We arrested one person and blocked the car. According to initial information, two people were killed. Please continue to avoid the city center,” Trier police reported on Twitter.
We detained one person and a vehicle was impounded. According to initial findings, two people have died. Keep avoiding the city center. #Trier # TR0112
– Trier Police (@PolizeiTrier) December 1, 2020
A few minutes later, an updated Twitter message read: “Several dead and injured in the center of Trier. More information will be published later. Caring for the injured is a top priority! “
According to a police spokesman, the 51-year-old German was driving on a pedestrian street for about a mile at high speed until he finally stopped.
“It just came to our attention then. He was unable to escape and was detained by the police,” said K.-P. Jochem.
The mayor of Trier W. Leibe informed the regional station SWR of several deaths and injuries.
In statements to reporters with tears in his eyes, the mayor spoke about the shock he experienced in the street when he saw a child’s shoe next to the body of a girl.
“It was a horrible sight,” he said. “He hurt a lot of people.”
Police spokesman Uwe Konz told AFP that it was not yet clear what exactly happened.
“The facts have yet to be clarified,” he added.
Police and rapid reaction forces are available at the scene, and people are advised not to approach the scene of the incident.
Details of the possible causes of the accident are not yet available and the police have not responded to calls or emails.
Police spokesman Uwe Konz told AFP news agency that it was not yet clear what exactly happened. “The facts have yet to be clarified,” he added.
Trier Mayor Wolfram told regional broadcaster SWR that the driver began to “get angry” and that at least two people were killed and 15 more injured.
Several police minibuses and other ambulance cars parked on a wide shopping street were seen from the scene during an NTV television broadcast.
Shoppers flocked to the stores decorated for Christmas and sirens echoed in the distance.
Although it has not yet been confirmed that it was a terrorist attack, the incident revived memories of the 2016 attack, when a truck fatally injured 12 people at a Christmas fair in Berlin. The truck driver, an unsuccessful Tunisian asylum seeker, supported the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).
In August 2019, six people were injured during a series of accidents in Berlin, which prosecutors call an alleged Islamist attack.
Trier is about 200 km west of Frankfurt, near the Luxembourg border. About 110 thousand. The inhabited city is famous for the Roman gate Porta Nigra, located near the crash site and as the birthplace of Karl Marx.
Christmas trade
Steffen Seibert, a spokesperson for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, called the incident “shocking” on Twitter. According to him, the whole country is with “relatives of the victims, many injured and those who help to take care of the victims.”
Land Interior Minister Roger Lewentz is expected to hold a press conference later.
Several police minibuses and other ambulance cars parked on a wide shopping street were seen from the scene during an NTV television broadcast.
Shoppers flocked to the stores decorated for Christmas and sirens echoed in the distance.
Trier is about 200 km west of Frankfurt, near the Luxembourg border.
About 110 thousand. The inhabited city is famous for the Roman gate Porta Nigra, located near the crash site and as the birthplace of Karl Marx.
Trier is often called the oldest city in Germany.
Wishes in the fight against the second wave of the coronavirus, Germany closed its restaurants, bars, sports and entertainment centers, but the retail stores remained open and the Christmas sales had already started.
Although it has not yet been confirmed that it was a terrorist attack, the incident revived memories of the 2016 attack, when a truck fatally injured 12 people at a Christmas fair in Berlin. Trucker Anis Amri, an unsuccessful Tunisian asylum seeker, supported the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).
A few days later, the police shot him in Milan. This attack is considered the bloodiest by an Islamist group in Germany.
In August, six people were injured during a series of accidents in Berlin, which prosecutors call an alleged Islamist attack.
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