{"id":329709,"date":"2026-05-05T19:19:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=329709"},"modified":"2026-05-05T19:19:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:49:58","slug":"driver-plows-into-crowd-at-shopping-area-in-germany-killing-2-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/driver-plows-into-crowd-at-shopping-area-in-germany-killing-2-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver plows into crowd at shopping area in Germany, killing 2 &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br 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Police said he was a German-born resident of the Leipzig area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get each day National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get each day Canada news delivered to your inbox so you will never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Prosecutors said he&#8217;s under investigation on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. There was no immediate word on a possible motive.<\/p>\n<p>The inside minister of Saxony state, Armin Schuster, said investigators consider the person acted alone. He said that rage and \u201cpsychological instability\u201d are sometimes aspects in such cases, but added that he wouldn\u2019t speculate on whether that was the case here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t04 May 2026, Saxony, Leipzig: Emergency services stand at the doorway to Grimmaische Stra\u00dfe. A automobile has crashed into several people in Leipzig. Photo: Jan Woitas\/dpa.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tJan Woitas\/picture alliance via Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on World<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Police chief Ren\u00e9 Demmler said the person drove from the Augustusplatz, a serious square, along the Grimmaische Strasse into the town\u2019s central pedestrianized shopping area. He stressed that there was now not any danger.<\/p>\n<p>The driving force was arrested within the vehicle and didn\u2019t resist arrest, Demmler said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Saxony state Gov. Michael Kretschmer expressed his condolences to the families of the victims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn act like this leaves us speechless \u2014 and it makes us determined,\u201d he added, in accordance with German news agency dpa. \u201cWe are going to do every thing in our power to unravel this case quickly and completely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photos from the scene showed a automobile with a battered front and a shattered windshield after the incident, which happened at about 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Leipzig is positioned southwest of Berlin and has greater than 630,000 inhabitants, making it certainly one of the largest cities in eastern Germany.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size A driver plowed into people in a busy shopping area within the centre of the German city of Leipzig on Monday afternoon, leaving two people dead, authorities said. 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