Police in Münster said several people had been killed and others injured when a van smashed into a group of people in the city center. Authorities are investigating the scene and the circumstances surrounding the crash.Several people have died after a van drove into a crowd in central Münster in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Saturday, according to local police.

"Some people have died and some have been injured," police wrote on Twitter. They added that officers and first responders were on the scene and asked the public to stay away from the old part of the city.
"Please do not spread rumors on Twitter and Facebook" police said. "We are on the scene. Please leave the city center and go home."
Police later called for witnesses to the incident to come forward and asked people to avoid speculation and rumor, and not to publish images online.
'Thoughts are with the victims'

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer wrote on Twitter that he had learned with "great sadness" about the crash and added that federal authorities were working closely with the regional authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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The German government also expressed its condolences. "Terrible news coming out of Münster," Deputy Spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer wrote on Twitter, adding: "Our thoughts are with the victims and their relatives."

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Hours after the incident, the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, public broadcaster ZDF and news agency DPA said the assailant was a German in his late 40s and believed to be psychologically disturbed “with no known links to “terrorism.”


Police said a suspicious object was found in the van. They said they were still examining what kind of an object it is and whether it was dangerous. Officials told German news agency dpa that the object led to a large area around the scene being sealed off after the crash.

German police said they were checking witness reports that other perpetrators may have fled from the van. Police spokesman Andreas Bode said witnesses told them others left the van after it crashed. News agency dpa reported that witnesses spoke of two others in the van besides the driver.

Bode said it was “too soon” to call the incident a deliberate attack.

Munster Mayor Markus Lewe said the reason for the crash was still unclear. Lewe told reporters that “all of Muenster is mourning this horrible incident. Our sympathy is with the relatives of those who were killed. We wish the injured a quick recovery.”

Immediately after the crash the online edition of the Spiegel magazine reported that German authorities were “assuming” the incident was an attack, though there was no immediate official confirmation.

“There are deaths and injured. Please avoid the area, we are on scene,” the regional police service said on Twitter.

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Terrible news indeed.

I hope the "usual suspects" are not to blamed sha?

If it is, that would be quite an unfortunate turn off events, given Angela Market & Germany's misguided generosities to them!

It must be a case of brake failure.
Automechanics these days just keep fixing fake Autoboss brake pads.

The attacker is a 50 year old white man. As usual it's not terrorism but mental illness. The hypocrisy of this world is mind boggling. I don't even believe in any organized religion.

IdeyFindWife:
Terrible news indeed.

I hope the "usual suspects" are not to blamed sha?

If it is, that would be quite an unfortunate turn off events, given Angela Market & Germany's misguided generosities to them!

Bullsh1t.