A driver drove a passenger car into a crowd in the center of the German capital Berlin on Wednesday morning. At least one person was killed and at least eight people were injured. reports local news channel rbb24 after confirmation from the Berlin fire brigade. Reuters news agency writes about thirty injured on the basis of the same source. The man believed to be driving the car has been arrested by police.
It is not yet clear whether it was an accident or an intentional act, the police emphasized. The driver drove into the crowd at the Gedächtniskirche, on Kurfürstendamm. It is the same place where Tunisian terrorist Anis Amri committed an attack in December 2016 by hijacking a truck and driving it into a Christmas market. Twelve people died as a result.
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