An Afghan asylum-seeker drove a car into a labor union demonstration in Munich, injuring at least 28 people, including children. The incident is being investigated as an attack and has sparked concern about rising anti-immigrant sentiment in Germany.
On Thursday, a car drove into a labor union demonstration in central Munich , injuring at least 28 people, including children, authorities said. Officials said it was believed to be an attack. The suspect, an Afghan asylum-seeker, was arrested. The incident follows a series of attacks involving immigrants in recent months that have pushed migration to the forefront of the campaign for Germany 's Feb. 23 election. Participants in a demonstration by the service workers' union ver.
di were walking along a street at about 10:30 a.m. local time when the car overtook a police vehicle following the gathering, accelerated and plowed into the back of the group, police said. Officers arrested the suspect after firing a shot at the car, deputy police chief Christian Huber said. He added that at least 28 people were believed to be injured, some of them seriously. A damaged Mini was seen at the scene, along with debris including shoes. The suspect was a 24-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker, Huber said. Bavaria's state interior minister, Joachim Herrmann, said the man was known to authorities in connection with theft and drug offenses, but didn't give further details. He said officials believe the protest was likely targeted at random. The state's justice minister, Georg Eisenreich, said a prosecutor had been assigned to investigate the case.
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