Heidelberg ‘attack’ leaves three injured after man ‘deliberately drives car at pedestrians’ in German city centre before being shot by cops
AT LEAST three people have been injured after a car smashed into pedestrians in Germany.
Its fleeing driver, who was carrying a knife, was then shot by police.
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Local media reports he drove a rental car into crowds in the city centre of Heidelberg near Stuttgart.
Police say one of the three people injured is in a serious condition.
The alleged driver was taken to hospital.
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His motive remains unclear, but local media speculates that he may have been mentally disturbed.
Police were quick to say they did not believe it was a terror attack.
Dramatic video shows the moment cops draw their guns in a tense standoff with the driver.
They chased him down after his car, which has Hamburg licence plates, smashed into a bakery in Bismarckplatz at around 4pm local time.
The man, whose details have not yet been revealed, is in a serious condition in hospital.
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