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Eight injured as stolen lorry crashes into cars in Germany | |
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German authorities are investigating a man who drove a stolen lorry into a line of cars in Limburg in the western state of Hesse, injuring eight people. | |
The 32-year-old had pulled the driver of the vehicle from his cabin at a red light before using the lorry to plough into eight cars waiting at a light near the town’s central railway station at about 5.20pm (1620 BST) on Monday. | |
The man, a Syrian national named as Omar AI by the national broadcaster ARD, was arrested at the scene. | |
A number of German media outlets, citing security sources, reported that authorities believed the incident to have a terrorist background. However, a spokesperson for the general public prosecutor in Frankfurt said they could not confirm a terrorist motive and were still investigating the case. | |
According to the news agency dpa, the suspect has lived in Germany since 2015 and was known to the police for a number of minor criminal offences including possession of drugs and theft. | |
However, he had no known links to Islamist extremist circles. | However, he had no known links to Islamist extremist circles. |
Marius Hahn, the mayor of Limburg, said he was shocked by the incident. “My thoughts are with the injured victims of the accident and their families,” he said. | |
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