Car Ramming in Munich Injures 28 at Trade Union Demonstration

Photos Of The Week: Munich Attack, Tel Aviv Protest, Barcelona Towers

In partnership with ZUMA photo agency, here is our selection of the top images for this week. This series takes us from the Oval Office, where President Donald Trump greeted a young visitor, to scenes of protest over the delayed release of Israeli hostages, and early sakura season in Japan.​Munich attackFeb. 13 - German police inspect a car that drove into a crowd of demonstrators near the city's center, killing one and injuring many.Tel Aviv pr…

Munich Attack: Afghan Driver Causes International Security Stir

Munich Attack: Afghan Driver Causes International Security Stir An Afghan national admitted deliberately driving into a crowd in Munich, with authorities attributing an Islamist motive to the crime, according to a statement from a prosecutor on Friday.The incident injured at least 36 people, including a child, during a demonstration in the city center. With a federal election looming, the event has intensified public focus on security concerns. …

Yesterday's attack with a car on a demonstration in Munich was probably Islamic-motivated. This can be concluded from what the arrested person said during the interview, a representative of the prosecutor's office explained at a press conference.

After the alleged attack on a group of demonstrators in Munich, investigators assume an Islamist motive for the driver. This is what Gabriele Tilmann, Chief Prosecutor of the Central Office for Combating Extremism and Terrorism (ZET) of the Munich Attorney General's Office, said at a press conference.

In Munich, a car rushes into a group of people, several people are sometimes injured in danger of life. After the crime, many questions remain unanswered.

The Munich car attack will have a powerful political echo

In the immediate aftermath of Thursday’s car attack in Munich, it wasn’t clear whether the suspect had a political target. The driver – said to be a 24-year-old asylum seeker from Afghanistan – rammed his Mini Cooper into a crowd of hi-vis-jacketed protestors at a rally for trade union ver.di, injuring at least 28 people. Yet according to Bavarian interior minister Joachim Herrmann, it seemed “that the target group … at this ver.di demonstration…