A 37-year-old mother and her two-year-old daughter died from injuries sustained in car attack in Munich, Germany, on Thursday, according to police.
A automobile ploughed into a throng during a trade union event, injuring at least 37 people. Police identified the driver as Farhad N., a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker.
He was apprehended at the site, and authorities claim he acknowledged to carrying out the crime. He looked to be motivated by religion, according to officials.
Following the attack, the mother and kid were admitted to the hospital with critical injuries and were later confirmed dead.
The car ramming has refocused attention on security issues in the week leading up to Germany’s parliamentary elections. Immigrants have carried out a series of attacks in Munich, two of them are claimed to be from Afghanistan.
The attack also took place on the eve of the Munich Security Conference, which begins on Friday.
Authorities say the suspect came in Germany in 2016 and, while his asylum application was denied, he was allowed to stay because he risked deportation back to Afghanistan. He held a valid residency and employment permit.
He had no prior criminal record, and authorities claimed there was no proof of ties to a terrorist organization. According to German authorities, he appeared to act alone.
During questioning on Friday, police said the man admitted to purposely driving his Mini Cooper into the crowd.
According to Munich public prosecutor Gabriele Tilmann, the suspect said “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest in Arabic) when he was caught. She speculated that he “may have had an Islamist motivation”.
-Deeprows News
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