Several dead, dozens injured as truck plows into crowd in Muenster, Germany

Several dead, dozens injured as truck plows into crowd in Muenster, Germany
The scene in Muenster, Germany (Image via Twitter)

Reports from a variety of sources, including the Associated Press and BBC, indicate that a delivery truck slammed into a crowd Saturday the German city of Muenster. Several people are said to be dead, while dozens more were injured.

The incident appears to have been a deliberate attack. The driver, who was armed, has since shot and killed himself. German security personnel are still not sure whether the incident had connections to terrorism.

According to The Washington Post:

The senior security official said that police were conducting response measures as though it were a terrorist attack, but that they remained uncertain about whether it was one. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the unfolding details of the case.

“There are dead and injured. Please avoid the area,” the North Rhine-Westphalia regional police wrote on their official Twitter account. “We are on site.” The police told people to avoid the city center.

Images of the city center showed a small delivery van that appeared to have hopped onto a sidewalk off the street and plowed through the seats and tables of an outdoor cafe. Chairs were scattered and broken across a small cobblestone plaza.

Vehicles have been used in terrorist attacks across Europe in recent years, including in Germany. In December 2016, a Tunisian man whose asylum request had been rejected crashed a truck through a crowded Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12 and injuring 56.

The incident has some similarities to one in December 2016, when a truck slammed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12.

This is a developing story. Updates will be added as new information becomes available.

Howard Portnoy

Howard Portnoy

Howard Portnoy has written for The Blaze, HotAir, NewsBusters, Weasel Zippers, Conservative Firing Line, RedCounty, and New York’s Daily News. He has one published novel, Hot Rain, (G. P. Putnam’s Sons), and has been a guest on Radio Vice Online with Jim Vicevich, The Alana Burke Show, Smart Life with Dr. Gina, and The George Espenlaub Show.

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