At least one person was killed when a car passed a group of people on a shopping street in Berlin on Wednesday morning, police arrested the driver of the vehicle, although it is unclear whether the incident took place.
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Emergency services, including an air ambulance, arrived at the demolition site near the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on Breitscheidplatz in Charlottenburg, near the junction between Rankestraße and Kurfürstendamm, where the vehicle crashed into the pavement at around 8:30 am (02:30 EST). and ran to the front of the store.
One person is thought to have been killed and at least eight injured, some critically, when a car collided with a group of people, according to Berlin police. Berliner Morgenpost Police spokesman Thilo Kablitz said police have not yet determined whether the crash was a traffic accident or deliberate assault, but the driver has been arrested.
morgenpost In an update to its scope, it says they believe the owner of the vehicle involved was a German citizen, although the identity of the driver has not yet been released.
Due to the busyness of the venue, many eyewitnesses to the event, including American actor John Barrowman, described his immediate reaction to a footage he shared. Social media. Barrowman said the incident was not like a simple collision, but a series of accidents. He said the following about his experience:
Evil people… a corpse in the middle of the road, all the emergency services are here trying to help the victims. Many people walk with wounds.
… the car got off the curb – we had dinner at that restaurant yesterday – it drove down the road there, collided with someone, went off the road and back on the pavement… and past a group of people… and straight into a shop window.
The actor said during the broadcast that he witnessed several deaths, although only one case was confirmed by the authorities.
We think we were witnessing a terrorist attack here in Berlin, we weren’t sure there were so many people all over the place, we saw a passing car and went to a store window three blocks, very impressive. . #Berlin pic.twitter.com/Xp1bkZBGt0
– John Barrowman MBE (@JohnBarrowman) 8 June 2022
While the nature of the fatal collision remains an open question, police said some had already made a connection between the site and the incident. South German newspaperOne of the most circulated newspapers in Germany this morning said that the deaths today occurred directly on Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, where the 2016 Christmas market terrorist attack took place.
In this incident, Islamist Anis Amri drove a stolen truck to the Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz, killing 12 people. Incredibly, Amri fled the scene of the attack and traveled around Europe for several days before eventually being captured and shot. In Italy on December 23, 2016.
Source: Breitbart