Police in Mannheim, Germany asked people to avoid the downtown area after a vehicle plowed into a crowd near a Carnival season event.

An 83-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man were killed and several more people were injured Monday in a suspected car ramming in the west German city of Mannheim, officials said.

Police said they believed the incident was deliberate and had been perpetrated by a lone suspect who didn’t appear to be politically motivated.

A driver rammed a car into a crowd Monday in the southwestern German city of Mannheim, and authorities said two people were killed and several others injured.A 40-year-old German from the nearby state of Rhineland-Palatinate was detained and in a hospital after being injured,

A car ramming incident left two people dead and multiple others injured in the city of Mannheim, Germany on Monday, reports say.

German police have urged residents to avoid downtown Mannheim after social media reports suggested a car-ramming attack had taken place in the area.

At least one person has been killed and others injured when a car rammed into a crowd in the western German city of Mannheim, police say as they ask the public to stay away from the downtown area. Police spokesperson Stefan Wilhelm said a driver on Monday drove into a group of people in Paradeplatz, a square in a pedestrianised area of Mannheim.

A car rammed into a group of pedestrians in Mannheim, Germany, killing at least two people and injuring several others, police said.

Two people have been killed and several others injured after a driver struck a crowd in southwest Germany, authorities have said, adding that a 40-year-old German suspect was arrested at the scene.

A tragic incident occurred in Mannheim, Germany, where a car plowed into a crowd in the downtown area, leaving one person dead and several others injured. Police have urged the public to avoid the area and remain indoors.

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