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Munich car ramming

February 14, 2025

At least 30 people were injured after a car drove into a trade union march in Munich. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for the suspect, an Afghan national legally in Germany, to be deported.

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The car that injured dozens along with debris and an ambulance on a Munich street
The suspected attacker, identified as a 24-year-old Afghan citizen, was quickly captured by police officersImage: Christoph Trost/dpa/picture alliance

A driver crashed his car into a trade union march making its way through the streets of Munich in what authorities believe was a deliberate ramming late on Thursday morning. 

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