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More than a dozen people were injured after a stolen truck slammed into cars in the German city of Limburg. Police have detained the driver and are "not ruling out" any motives.
(Guns are banned in the EU, so this is sarcastic.
originally posted by: Oleandra88
2) Germany has plenty of guns.
What we know
- The deed: A man steals a truck on Monday and drives in the afternoon in the center of Limburg on eight cars and pushes them into each other. Nine people are easily injured, including the driver. The "Frankfurter Neue Presse" had quoted the actual driver of the truck in the evening: "A man pulled me out of my truck." When he waited in front of a red light, the stranger had torn open the driver's door of the truck and stared at him with wide-open eyes, the driver said. "What do you want from me?", He had asked the man. "But he did not say a word, I asked him again, then he dragged me out of the truck," the report says.
- The alleged perpetrator: As the German Press Agency (dpa) learned from security circles, the man is a 32-year-old Syrian, who lives in Germany since November 2015 and 2016 has received a subsidiary, so limited protection status. According to dpa information, he has so far been noticed with drug offenses and violent crime. The authorities are not yet aware of possible contacts with Islamists. According to the authorities, the detainee had no contact with militant Salafists or other extremists. The Syrian born in 1987 is said to have made no statement so far.
- The search: After the incident, an apartment in Langen, southern Hesse, was searched during the night of Tuesday. This is in connection with the events in Limburg, said a police spokeswoman in Offenbach. She did not name further details. Previously, the "Offenbach Post" reported about it. According to the spokeswoman for the operation in Langen, a special task force (SEK) was involved.
- The investigation: It was too early for water level reports, said Alexander Badle of the Attorney General Frankfurt on Tuesday, after the ZDF and the "Bild" newspaper had reported that the authorities were investigating suspected terrorism. The prosecutor Frankfurt determine in the case - in all directions, it said. Further information is expected to be announced during the day. The Federal Prosecutor's Office does not see the case at this time in their jurisdiction. That said a spokesman for the Karlsruhe authority on Tuesday on request. One has the events but in view and in close contact with the Hessian law enforcement agencies. The Federal Prosecutor's Office is responsible for investigations into suspected terrorism.
- The injured: The police have corrected earlier information on the injured. The evaluation of the data of all rescue services have shown that nine people were easily injured, said a police spokesman in Wiesbaden on Tuesday morning. One of them is the driver. First, the police had spoken of 17 injured, including one person "in critical condition".
What we do not know
- The motive: That is still completely unclear. There are no indications for a terrorist motive, but it can not be ruled out, according to the authorities. As the Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said in Luxembourg on the sidelines of the meeting of EU interior ministers on the question of possible evidence of a terrorist attack: "There is determined and I can not tell you at the moment, how to qualify this act."
- The culprit: According to the "Bild" newspaper, he has already tried several times to hijack a truck. Also the ARD terrore expert Holger Schmidt reports this according to "Hessenschau". Officially there is no confirmation. In addition, the newspaper writes that the suspect had looked dazed when he got out of the truck - as if he had been drugged. Again, there is no official confirmation.
originally posted by: ManFromEurope
Thank you for not starring my neutral infos, btw.
And no thanks for your rascism, which is unneeded and inappropriate.
I know some of you think we do not have electricity in Germany because you can not see landlines.
originally posted by: Goedhardt
They should ban all guns!
(Guns are banned in the EU, so this is sarcastic. An idiot who wants to kill people does not need a gun, it will find a way. Ideology and mental health is something to look at to stop the killing of innocent people)
The scary thing is that most of the media in the EU will only say he was a ‘radical’, not the part that he was muslim.
originally posted by: Goedhardt
They should ban all guns!
(Guns are banned in the EU, so this is sarcastic. An idiot who wants to kill people does not need a gun, it will find a way. Ideology and mental health is something to look at to stop the killing of innocent people)
The scary thing is that most of the media in the EU will only say he was a ‘radical’, not the part that he was muslim.
originally posted by: Oleandra88
a reply to: Goedhardt
(Guns are banned in the EU, so this is sarcastic.
1) Guns are not banned in the EU.
2) Germany has plenty of guns.
Go figure. Please do not try to make this into a gun issue when it is not. I know some of you think we do not have electricity in Germany because you can not see landlines.
Do not believe every crap.
originally posted by: Saibotkram1988
originally posted by: Oleandra88
a reply to: Goedhardt
(Guns are banned in the EU, so this is sarcastic.
1) Guns are not banned in the EU.
2) Germany has plenty of guns.
Go figure. Please do not try to make this into a gun issue when it is not. I know some of you think we do not have electricity in Germany because you can not see landlines.
Do not believe every crap.
Americans *sigh*