2 Dead After Car Driven Into Crowd in Western German City

Police in Mannheim have ordered people to avoid the city center following the incident.
2 Dead After Car Driven Into Crowd in Western German City
Emergency services and police stand at Paradeplatz in Mannheim, Germany, after a serious incident on March 3, 2025. Dieter Leder/dpa via AP
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Two people were killed and 10 others were injured on March 3 when a car was driven into a crowd of pedestrians in Mannheim, Germany, local police said.

“On Monday afternoon, at about 12:15 p.m. local time, a 40-year-old suspect drove a car into a group of people” on Planken, a central shopping street in the city center, Mannheim police said in a statement posted on the department’s website. Two people were killed and five seriously injured, and five others suffered minor injuries, according to the statement.

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