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Several Dead in Münster, Germany, Amid Reports of Van Crashing Into Crowd Several Dead in Münster, Germany, Amid Reports of Van Crashing Into Crowd
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Several people were killed and many others injured on Saturday in the inner city of Münster, in western Germany, police said. Several people were killed and many others injured on Saturday in Münster, in western Germany, after a van crashed into a group of people in the heart of the old city, according to the police and news media reports.
German news media reported the fatalities occurred after a van crashed into a group of people in the heart of the old city, citing the local police. A spokeswoman for the Münster police told Die Welt, a newspaper, that the driver of the truck killed himself after the crash. A spokeswoman for the Münster police told Die Welt, a newspaper, that the driver of the van killed himself after the crash.
The police said on Twitter they have closed off the area and urged people to leave and return home, to allow access to emergency services to be able to work in peace. The police said on Twitter that they had closed the area and had urged people to leave in order to allow access for emergency services.
Police identified the area where the crash occurred as outside the Kiepenkerl, a restaurant on a cobble-stoned street in the center of the city that is popular with locals and tourists. It is not in a pedestrian zone, but has wide sidewalks were where local media reported people had been sitting outside on a sunny, spring afternoon. The crash occurred outside the Kiepenkerl, a restaurant on a cobble-stoned street in the center of the city that is popular with locals and tourists, the police said. It is not in a pedestrian zone, but has wide sidewalks where people had been sitting outside on a sunny, spring afternoon, news reports said.