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Deadly Munich car ramming

At least 2 people have died and 39 were injured after a car drove into a crowd in the German city of Munich. Prosecutors had said they believed the suspect had an "Islamist motive."

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Candles burn amid flowers covered in snow at the site of the car ramming attack in Munich, Germany. — Car ramming attack in Munich may have been religiously motivated, prosecutors sayImage: Wolfgang Rattay/REUTERS

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An Afghan man rammed his car into crowded rally in the Germany city of Munich in what authorities believe was a deliberate incident on Thursday.

Below is a summary of DW's coverage of the incident.

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Munich emergency services clear up area of car ramming in Munich

Munich emergency services clear up area of car ramming in Munich

Germany: 2 injured in Munich car ramming die

A mother and her two-year-old died due to their injuries.

Firefighters work at the scene where a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker drove a car into a crowd, in what the Bavarian Premier Markus Soeder said was probably an attack, in Munich, Germany, February 13, 2025

Firefighters work at the scene where a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker drove a car into a crowd, in what the Bavarian Premier Markus Soeder said was probably an attack, in Munich, Germany, February 13, 2025

Germany: Munich car ramming suspect had 'Islamist motive'

Munich's prosecutor said there was no evidence linking the incident to terrorist organizations.

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Munich attack fuels migration debate before German elections

Many fear Thursday’s attack could play into the hands of Germany’s far-right AfD, says DW’s Michaela Kuefner.

Verdi union members lay flowers at the site of the incident in Munich

Verdi union members lay flowers at the site of the incident in Munich

Munich car ramming attack by Afghan man heats migrant debate

Police said the man who allegedly drove his car into a crowd of people in Munich was motivated by Islamism.

Members of the emergency services work at the scene where a car drove into a crowd in the southern German city of Munich

Members of the emergency services work at the scene where a car drove into a crowd in the southern German city of Munich

30 injured after car drove into crowd in Munich

At least 30 people were injured after a car drove into a crowd of people in the German city of Munich, officials said.

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How and where the Munich car attack unfolded

Only 10 days before the general elections in Germany, a driver plowed his car into a crowd of people in Munich.