Update News || There are still 25 injured, 15 of them in serious condition
A car advanced on Monday on the crowd in Mannheim’s German city, Reuters advances. German police confirmed that a driver drove the car against the crowd in the center of Mannheim and that there is at least one deadly victim. A suspect was arrested.
“As previously advanced, police and rescue services are on site. According to the latest information, a car ran over a group of people in the city center of Mannheim. According to the current state of the investigation, one person has died and several has been injured. There is still no information about the number and severity of the injured. Currently beyond the information published so far, “
According to the at least 25 injured, 15 of them in serious condition.
All the streets and bridges that give access to the city center are being checked by the police and a helicopter is mannheim to comb. In the images released on social networks you can see strongly armed police in the Paradeplatz area, with Ludwigshafen bridges to be blocked by strongly armed police.
Authorities also appeal to the population to avoid the city center. Near the place where the accident happened was taking a carnival market, with dozens of food stalls.
The interior minister of Baden-Württemberg issued a “life-threatening situation” alert. Already the newspaper “Rheinpfalz” also advances that the University Hospital Intensive Care Unit declared a catastrophe warning.
The subway service was suspended on lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 5, 5a, 6, 6a and 7, and there is also interruptions in the circulation of electricity. Also the electric service between Mannheim and Ludwigshafen was suspended.
In December, six people died in Magdeburg when a 50 -year -old Saudi doctor ran over his car with people in the Christmas market, also causing about 200 injured.
