The event occurred near Kurfürstendamm avenue, one of the commercial streets of the capital, where a vehicle ran over a group of people on the sidewalk for reasons still unknown.
The driver has been detained for questioning.
The massive outrage recorded this Wednesday in a busy shopping area Berlin has caused one death and five critically injured, according to police sources, who are still investigating whether it was an accident or an intentional act. The incident occurred near the avenue Kurfurstendamm at 0830 GMT, according to Berlin Police spokesman Thilo Cablitz.
Its cause was a mandriver of a Renault Clio, who has been detained and is being interrogated to try to clarify what happened. Likewise, it is investigated whether, in the event of an accident, its trigger was a medical problem in the driver of the vehicleCablitz added.
The vehicle he launched himself first against the group of peopleafter which it continued to circulate for about 200 meters, to end up crashing into the window of a shop in the area.
In total, ten people were injured. five of which in critical condition and three with serious injuries. According to regional public television RBB, the driver tried to flee the area after crashing his car, but was held by passers-by until the arrival of the police.
The event has occurred in a busy shopping area in that part of Berlin, which Some 60 firefighters were dispatched and health teams to care for those affected, several of whom were flown to hospital by helicopter.
The place where his vehicle crashed is next to the Breitscheidplatzthe central square where in December 2016 the Tunisian jihadist Anis Amri deliberately attacked a popular Christmas market with a stolen truck and killed 12 people of various nationalities.
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The driver of the car is a 29-year-old German-Armenian, several German media report, while the Police investigate whether it was an accident or an intentional act.
The fatality is a 51-year-old school teacher, who was with a group of schoolchildren in the central shopping area where the accident occurred, according to coincident information from the popular newspaper “Bild” and “Berliner Zeitung”. The event occurred near the Kurfürstendamm avenue at 0830 GMT, according to Berlin Police spokesman Thilo Cablitz.
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