Four dead including driver after vehicle ploughs into crowd in Münster
Police cars in central Münster after a vehicle drove into pedestrians on Saturday afternoon. Photo: DPA
At least four people were dead Saturday after a vehicle ploughed into pedestrians in the German city of Münster, the interior ministry said, quoted by news agency DPA.
A ministry spokeswoman was quoted as saying that the toll included the driver. Local police had said earlier that he “shot himself” after driving into the crowd and leaving about 30 people injured.
Police initially asked the public to avoid the area around Kiepenkerl, a restaurant popular among locals and tourists in the city’s historical centre.
The vehicle drove into a crowd of people who were seated, according to local newspaper Westfälischen Nachrichten.
Later police requested that people avoid the wider inner city area.
Source:Thelocal.de
