3 killed as vehicle ploughed into crowd in Germany

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Scene of the incident in Munster. Credit: Sky Sports/Pauli Feger

At least three people died Saturday when a vehicle ploughed into busy cafe and restaurant terraces in the German city of Muenster before the driver shot himself dead.

Images on social media showed smashed and upturned tables and chairs strewn across the pavement outside an eateries in the centre of the picturesque medieval city.

At least 20 people were injured, six of them seriously, according to police, while media reports said the driver had been behind the wheel of a delivery van.

A police spokeswoman in the western city, Vanessa Arlt, told AFP that the driver of the vehicle “shot himself”.

“The perpetrator drove into several cafe and restaurant terraces in a major square in the centre of Muenster,” Arlt added.

Police spokesman, Andreas Bode, said it was “too soon” to call the incident a deliberate…



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