Berlin

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One person killed after car driven into crowd in Berlin (The Guardian)

Fire service spokesperson says at least eight people seriously injured in incident near scene of 2016 attack.

“A man is believed to have driven into a group of people. “We don’t know whether this was a deliberate act or a traffic accident,” a police spokesperson told the Berlin newspaper Tagesspiegel. “We have detained the driver and are shedding light on the matter.” Tagesspiegel said the driver was a 60-year-old man, citing police circles. An unspecified number of people had sustained lighter injuries.

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A car drove into a crowd in Berlin, killing 1 person, police say (NPR)

Emergency responders have kept the man who was driving the vehicle at the scene, according to the Berlin police department.

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Fatality, more than a dozen injured, after car drives into Berlin crowd (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Police identified the driver as a German-Armenian man. He was detained by bystanders and handed over to the authorities.

“Our thoughts, our sympathy are with the injured and their relatives.” Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on what’s making headlines around the world. The small silver Renault car was lodged inside a shop after smashing through a plate glass display, Reuters images showed. Police later said 14 students were among the injured. Bystanders looked up at a helicopter circling above. He was detained by bystanders and handed over to the authorities.

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Berlin car incident: One dead as car plows into crowd on shopping ... (The Australian Financial Review)

The car drove into a crowd in a busy Berlin district popular with tourists, leaving at least a dozen people injured and killing one person.

“The vehicle, a small car, was secured on site.” It is not yet known whether it was an accident or a deliberate act,” police said, adding that bystanders had detained him at the scene before handing him over to authorities. Blankets covered what appeared to be a body in a cordoned-off area guarded by police, Reuters images showed.

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Confused statements by Berlin crash driver (Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser)

German police say a man in a small car ploughed into pedestrians in Berlin, killing a teacher. Investigators are trying to make sense of "confused" statements ...

She told public broadcaster RBB Inforadio that investigators are working to determine the context and what if anything else influenced him. Berlin's top security official, Iris Spranger, said on Wednesday that posters were found in the car "in which he expressed views about Turkey." But she said there was "no claim of responsibility." Investigators are trying to make sense of "confused" statements by a man who drove into a school group in Berlin in what appears to have been a deliberate rampage, the city's mayor says.

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Berlin driver's 'confused' statements under investigation (Al Arabiya English)

The driver, a 29-year-old German-Armenian who lives in Berlin, was detained swiftly after his car came to a halt in a shop window. Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey ...

She told public broadcaster RBB Inforadio that investigators are working to determine the context and what if anything else influenced him. Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey said that, by Wednesday evening, authorities had determined that it was an “amok act by a really seriously psychologically impaired person.” For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. Investigators are trying to make sense of “confused” statements by a man who drove into a school group in Berlin in what appears to have been a deliberate rampage, the city’s mayor said Thursday.

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Berlin crash: Attack on capital's streets was 'cruel rampage' – Scholz (BBC News)

Berlin's mayor says the suspect, who is in police custody, is "severely mentally impaired".

"It's a big school in a small town," Mr van der Horst said. Almost all the injured were students who were on a school trip to celebrate finishing their exams. However, Ms Giffey cautioned that he has made a series of "confused statements".

Confused statements by Berlin crash driver (The Canberra Times)

Investigators are trying to make sense of "confused" statements by a man who drove into a school group...

She told public broadcaster RBB Inforadio that investigators are working to determine the context and what if anything else influenced him. Berlin's top security official, Iris Spranger, said on Wednesday that posters were found in the car "in which he expressed views about Turkey." But she said there was "no claim of responsibility." Investigators are trying to make sense of "confused" statements by a man who drove into a school group in Berlin in what appears to have been a deliberate rampage, the city's mayor says.

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