At least 20 people have been injured, some of them seriously, after a car drove into a group of people in the German city of Munich, authorities said.
Authorities did not provide details of the incident near downtown Munich that took place about 10:30am (09:30 GMT) on Thursday, including whether the victims were hit deliberately.
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Police said on social platform X that the driver was “secured” at the scene and no longer poses any danger. A damaged Mini Cooper could be seen at the scene.
The fire service said at least 20 people were injured, some of them seriously, German news agency DPA reported.
Mayor Dieter Reiter said he was “deeply shocked” by the incident. He said children were among those injured.
A demonstration by the service workers’ union ver.di was taking place at the time of the incident. It was not immediately clear whether demonstrators were among the injured.
The incident comes a day before the three-day Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of international foreign and security policy officials, opens on Friday.
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