International
Teacher Dead, Pupils Hurt As Car Rams Into Berlin Crowd
-
Berlin Interior Affairs Minister Iris Spranger said evidence suggested driver was a “mentally ill person running amok”
- The incident occurred shortly before 10:30 (08:30 GMT) in the heart of western Berlin, on one of its busiest shopping streets
EDITOR’S PICK
- Ukraine War: West Must ‘Prepare For War’, Says Ex-Nato Chief As Putin Unleashes Cruise Missiles In Ukraine
- Elon Musk Stages $43bn Hostile Takeover Of Twitter
- Ukraine Crisis: Russia In Retreat As Putin Appears To Admit Defeat In Battle For Kiev
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a teacher was killed and 14 schoolchildren were injured after a car hit a crowd on a busy street in the German capital, Berlin.
The group was on a school trip to Berlin from the state of Hesse. A second teacher was seriously hurt.
Police say the driver, a 29-year-old man, was arrested at the scene.
Berlin Interior Affairs Minister Iris Spranger said evidence suggested driver was a “mentally ill person running amok”.
The incident occurred shortly before 10:30 (08:30 GMT) in the heart of western Berlin, on one of its busiest shopping streets.
The woman who died has been identified as a schoolteacher who was on a trip with a class of teenagers from the central state of Hesse. Berlin police say she died on the spot.
“There are seriously injured people among the more than a dozen injured,” police spokesperson Thilo Cablitz said.
Bad Arolsen Mayor Marko Lambion said a bus was on its way to pick up the children from Berlin. “We’re doing everything we can to bring them home,” he said at the press conference.
theThe driver has dual German and Armenian citizenship and lives in Berlin. Earlier reports that he had left a note in his car were denied by officials.
FURTHER READING
- Party Delegates Furious After Discovering They Were Bribed With Fake Dollars
- APC Announces 18 Sub-Committees Chairpersons To Elect 2023 Presidential Candidate [FULL LIST]
- You Need A Successor Who Can Protect Your Legacy – Orji Kalu Writes Buhari
Witnesses described seeing a silver Renault Clio veering into a crowd of people on the pavement near Berlin’s busy Kurfürstendamm shopping avenue, before driving back on to the road and crashing into a shop window.
Click to watch our video of the week
Advertise or Publish a Story on EkoHot Blog:
Kindly contact us at [email protected]. Breaking stories should be sent to the above email and substantiated with pictorial evidence.
Citizen journalists will receive a token as data incentive.
Call or Whatsapp: 0803 561 7233, 0703 414 5611
