At least one person died, many injured After a vehicle hits several pedestrians a shopping street in the west Berlin, As reported in the local press, with reference to firefighters in the German capital.
The incident occurred near the street. Kurfurstendamm and according to initial information from local station ‘RBB’ the vehicle For reasons still unknown, he crushed a group of people on the sidewalk.
According to the source, a dozen people were injured, many of them seriously. Police sources reported on their Twitter account: The driver of the vehicle was detainedwhile trying to clarify whether it was caused by an accident or a deliberate act.
The event took place in A busy shopping district in that part of Berlin and according to the first information, the vehicle on the road crashed into a store.
Rescuers and firefighters were dispatched to the scene. About 60 soldiers to care for those affected.
According to the popular daily ‘Bild’, vehicle a tourist The metallic gray color of the ‘Renault’ brand and the driver is a male.
The area hit by your vehicle is close. BreitscheidplatzThe central square where Tunisian jihadist Anis Amri deliberately crashed a stolen truck into a popular Christmas market in December 2016, killing 13 people of various nationalities.