Munich attacker was ‘failed asylum seeker who shared Islamist posts before ploughing Mini into crowd injuring 28’

Munich attacker was ‘failed asylum seeker who shared Islamist posts before ploughing Mini into crowd injuring 28’
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Munich attacker was ‘failed asylum seeker who shared Islamist posts before ploughing Mini into crowd injuring 28’
Author: Annabel Bate
Published: Feb, 13 2025 16:33

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Munich police said on social media platform X that "several people were injured" after "a car drove into a group of people" in the centre of the Bavarian state capital.

THE suspect who rammed a crowd in Munich, injuring at least 28 people including children, was a failed asylum seeker who posted Islamist social media content before the attack, reports claim.

He told Bild: "The police chief has just informed me that a vehicle drove into a group of people and unfortunately many people were injured, including children.

Police said the suspect is an asylum seeker from Afghanistan who, the region's interior minister added, was known to cops in relation to drug and theft incidents.

Extremism and terror cops are probing the Munich car plough after the Minister-President of Bavaria, Markus Söder, labelled the shocking incident a "suspected attack".

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