Fatal attack in Munich: 39 injured in Verdi demonstration!

Fatal attack in Munich: 39 injured in Verdi demonstration!

A terrifying crime shakes Munich: During a demonstration by the Verdi union, a 24-year-old Afghan was driven into the crowd with his car, which led to at least 39 injuries. Verdi boss Frank Werneke spoke of immeasurable suffering when he complained about the death of a 37-year-old colleague and her daughter, who took part in the event. The investigators assume an Islamist motivation, as the senior prosecutor Gabriele Tilmann explained. According to the act, the driver called "Allahu Akbar" and confessed that he had deliberately controlled the demonstration train, as vienna.at reported.

Takeover of the investigation by the Attorney General

The Federal Prosecutor's Office took over the investigation due to the suspicion that it was a religiously motivated attack that endangers the internal security of the Federal Republic of Germany. Jens Rommel, the Federal Attorney General, has announced the takeover and emphasizes that this act is to be understood as an attack on the free democratic basic order. Investigations by the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office are already running in parallel, since important evidence of how chats on the perpetrator's smartphone are already evaluated, as Tageschau.de reported.

The first interrogation of the suspect confirmed the investigative assumption of an Islamist motivation. The Islamist had applied with false information about asylum before the crime, but received a residence permit in Germany. The reactions to this terrible incident are loud: Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for tough consequences and emphasized that such acts cannot be tolerated, while the political parties are arguing over the consequences and preparing themselves for the upcoming federal elections.