German police rule out assault after automobile injures 8 in Stuttgart

Police and different members of the emergency providers work on the scene the place a automobile crashed in to a gaggle of individuals in Stuttgart, southern Germany on Might 2, 2025 injuring a number of individuals.
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A automobile drove right into a crowd within the southern German metropolis of Stuttgart on Friday (Might 2, 2025) injuring eight individuals, emergency providers stated, however police stated there was “no indication” it had been an assault.

German safety providers have been on excessive alert following a number of lethal car-ramming assaults in latest months, together with within the jap metropolis of Magdeburg and within the southern metropolis of Munich.

Police in Stuttgart nevertheless stated on their X account that “primarily based on our present investigations… our colleagues on the scene imagine this was a tragic accident”.

The police stated that the incident within the central Olgaeck district had left “eight injured, together with three significantly damage”. No less than one individual needed to be resuscitated.

The town hearth service stated on its X account that the three significantly injured individuals had been taken to hospital whereas others have been being handled on the scene the place particles lay scattered on the highway.

A police spokeswoman informed AFP that “at round 5:50 pm a black G-class Mercedes drove into a gaggle of individuals” and that “the motive force was arrested”.

Police warned individuals to keep away from Stuttgart metropolis centre and stated that there was extreme disruption to visitors.

A mangled pushchair was seen in pictures from the scene. The Bild day by day reported witnesses as saying {that a} lady with a pushchair had been a kind of hit by the automobile.