One Killed, Up to 30 Injured as Vehicle Plows Into Crowd in Berlin

According to preliminary reports, the incident occurred at around 10:30 a.m. near the site of a deadly 2016 Christmas market attack, where a radicalised asylum seeker rammed into a crowd of shoppers.

A man was arrested after driving a car into a crowd of people in western Berlin, killing at least one and injuring up to thirty people, Welt broadcaster reported. Berlin police spokesman Martin Dams stated that the ramming happened near the popular Kurfuerstendamm shopping boulevard in the western part of the city.

Derzeit gibt es einen größeren Einsatz in der #Tauenzienstraße.
Ein Mann soll in eine Menschengruppe gefahren sein. Ob es sich um einen Unfall handelt oder vorsätzliches Handeln, ist noch nicht bekannt. Einsatzkräfte halten den Mann, der gefahren sein, soll vor Ort fest.
^tsm

— Polizei Berlin (@polizeiberlin) June 8, 2022

"A man is said to have driven into a group of people. It is not yet known whether it was an accident or [an] intentional action. Emergency services detained the man who is said to have been driving the vehicle", an official statement on Twitter read.

Later, Welt reported that the driver is a 29-year-old German citizen and a Berlin resident.

At the same time, Bild reported that the ramming was, in fact, intentional. Bild cited investigators.

Several photos and videos purportedly showing the aftermath of the tragedy are circulating online.

🛑🛑🇩🇪🇩🇪 #Kurfürstendamm Ecke Rankestrasse #Berlin. Ein Auto fuhr in die Menge. pic.twitter.com/qIyMUd5LvT

— GrueneAlternativePartei (@GrueneWende) June 8, 2022

#BREAKING A vehicle hit a crowd of people in Berlin, injuring at least 10 people pic.twitter.com/BcUBcJ69Kn

— Guy Elster (@guyelster) June 8, 2022