1 killed, at least 8 injured after driver hits pedestrians in Berlin

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A man drove a car into pedestrians in a popular Berlin shopping district on Wednesday, killing at at least one person and injuring at least eight others, rescue services said.

The man drove into people on a street corner at around 10:30 a.m. before getting the car back on the road and then crashing into a shop window around a block further on, police spokesman Thilo Cablitz said.

Five people sustained life-threatening injuries and another three were seriously injured, fire service spokesman Adrian Wenzel told n-tv television. Police said more than a dozen people were injured.

The driver was apparently detained by passers-by before being arrested swiftly by a police officer who was near the scene. Police are trying to determine whether he deliberately drove into pedestrians or whether it was an accident, possibly caused by a medical emergency. Police later tweeted that the driver was a 29-year-old German-Armenian who lives in Berlin. 

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[littlepotter 76,610]

This is really sad. And I wonder how it doesn't happen more often. I've always been very afraid of cars. They have so much potential for violence and destruction. 

I would say this is probably a sad accident because anyone who really has the intention to kill large numbers of people by car can easily take out more than just one person.

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How awful, those poor people. 
 

I wonder what the motivation is from this evil person to do that. 

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22 minutes ago, littlepotter said:

I would say this is probably a sad accident because anyone who really has the intention to kill large numbers of people by car can easily take out more than just one person.

He injured at least 30 people.
Witnesses say he drove 'very fast' towards the pavement on Tauentzienstrausse - a street lined with shops and cafes - around 10.30am Wednesday before smashing into crowds of shoppers without braking. He then rejoined the road and drove another 600ft - past Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church - before hitting the shop.
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A letter of confession was found in the car that drove into a crowd of people on a Berlin shopping street, killing one person, the Bild daily reported on Wednesday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/confession-letter-found-car-that-drove-into-crowd-berlin-bild-2022-06-08/

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2 hours ago, Teletubby said:

Police later tweeted that the driver was a 29-year-old German-Armenian who lives in Berlin.

The police in Berlin should stop tweeting irrelevant facts and focus on doing their job…or maybe doing a better job after the Böhmermann investigation.

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42 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

He injured at least 30 people.
Witnesses say he drove 'very fast' towards the pavement on Tauentzienstrausse - a street lined with shops and cafes - around 10.30am Wednesday before smashing into crowds of shoppers without braking. He then rejoined the road and drove another 600ft - past Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church - before hitting the shop.
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A letter of confession was found in the car that drove into a crowd of people on a Berlin shopping street, killing one person, the Bild daily reported on Wednesday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/confession-letter-found-car-that-drove-into-crowd-berlin-bild-2022-06-08/

Oh wow....