A 2 -year -old girl and her mother died after being injured in the Car writing attack on a union demonstration In Munich, police announced on Saturday.
A 24 -year -old Afghan who came to Germany as a asylum seeker was arrested immediately after the attack on Thursday. Prosecutors said on Friday that he seemed to have had an Islamic extremist reason, but there was no evidence that he was involved in a radical network. A damaged mini cooper and other debris could be seen on the scene.
Thirty-nine people were injured in the attack, and police said on Friday that two of them were very seriously injured. The city mayor, Dieter Reiter, said on Friday that the children were among the wounded in the “deeply shocking” attack.
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On Saturday, the Bavarian criminal police office said that the girl and her mother, a 37 -year -old woman from Munich, died of their injuries, reported the German news agency DPA. No other details have been shared.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the attack scene on Saturday and posed a white rose to an improvised memorial.
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It was the fifth of a series of Attacks involving immigrants In the past nine months, including a Christmas market attack It killed five and hundreds injured. Incidents have pushed migration to the foreground of the campaign to Election of Germany February 23.
Friday also marked the start of the three -day Munich security conference, an annual rally of international officials for foreign and security policies. US vice-president JD Vance was one of the participants and attracted the city a few hours before the attack. Police said there was no link Between the presence of Vance and the incident.