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BERLIN – A car crashed into a group of people in Berlin’s Charlottenburg district on Wednesday, killing at least one person and injuring several others before spectators stopped the driver, police said.
It is unclear whether the incident was deliberate or accidental, Martin Dams, a police spokesman told The Washington Post, adding that some people were “seriously injured”.
Police spokesman Thilo Cablitz also told German television that “the driver was initially stopped by pedestrians and later arrested by a ground officer.”
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Police have not yet named the driver, but said he was a 29-year-old Armenian Armenian man living in Berlin.
Firefighters’ spokesman Kevin Bartke said: “There are a total of five life-threatening injuries and three serious injuries, as well as an indefinite number of minor injuries.” He also confirmed that the driver received medical attention but could not say anything about the severity of his injuries.
The German publication Welt said the driver was being treated at the hospital for a head injury and that the death was a professor.
The incident took place near the popular shopping boulevard Kurfürstendamm, west of the German capital. The car drove to the sidewalk and then to the Douglas Pharmacy storefront.
On Twitter, actor John Barrowman, who was at the scene, wrote that the situation was “pretty horrible.” Barrowman later uploaded videos showing emergency services, including helicopters, arriving to help people. “There’s a lot of police, a corpse in the middle of the road,” he said.
Berlin firefighters tweeted that at least 60 of their rescuers were at the scene.
The corner where Wednesday’s incident took place is in front of Breitscheidplatz, an important public square, which was the target of a Tunisian man who killed at least 12 people and injured dozens more when he drove a black truck. among the multitude of visitors to one of the most visited places in the city. famous Christmas markets. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State group.
Hassan reported from London.