A driver plowed through a crowded pedestrian zone on Monday afternoon in central Leipzig, in eastern Germany, killing at least two people and hitting others, according to the city’s mayor.
The mayor, Burkhard Jung, said that a person believed to be the driver had been arrested but that their motive had yet to be determined.
Speaking to the news media near the cordoned-off scene, Mr. Jung described the afternoon as “a day of deep mourning for our city.”
According to a police statement, the driver turned off a major square in the city center, the Augustusplatz, and then drove down a pedestrian-only section of the city center. The driver tried to flee, the police said, but was arrested.
There have been several vehicle attacks in recent years in which assailants drove into crowds. The deadliest of these attacks occurred in Magdeburg, in eastern Germany, in December 2024, when a driver plowed through a Christmas market, killing six people and injuring 309 others.
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