Saturday’s incident is the latest in a series of attacks in which vehicles have been driven into crowds across Germany.

Earlier this year, two people were killed and 22 others injured in Leipzig after a vehicle ploughed into pedestrians.

Just weeks before that, two people died and five were seriously hurt in Mannheim when a car drove into a busy pedestrian zone.

In February 2025, two people were killed and at least 30 injured in Munich after a driver targeted a crowd.

The previous December, six people lost their lives when a car was driven into a Christmas market in Magdeburg.

Germany has also experienced similar incidents in recent years. In 2022, a teacher was killed and 14 students were injured after a man drove into a shopping district in Berlin.

In 2020, five people, including a baby, died in a ramming attack in Trier, while a separate attack in Volkmarsen left almost 60 people injured.