Leroy N. Soetoro
2020-02-26 02:37:34 UTC
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/24/europe/germany-carnival-car-crowd-grm-
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(CNN)A car plowed into a crowd of people at a carnival parade in the
German town of Volkmarsen, police in Kassel said Monday.
A police spokesman said that according to eyewitness accounts, the car
"intentionally" rammed into the crowd at around 2.30 p.m. local time (8:30
a.m. ET).
"At least 30 people are injured, some of them severely," according to the
spokesman. Earlier, police said that young children were among the
wounded.
Police and rescue workers at the scene of the incident at Volkmarsen's
Rose Monday parade.
The spokesman said he could not confirm the driver's motive for the
incident. Police said earlier that the driver of the car had been
arrested.
The interior ministry of the federal state of Hesse said in a statement
that the suspect ''drove at high speed." It added that the man in the
custody ''is currently not interrogatable."
"Due to the situation on site, an attack currently cannot be ruled out,"
the statement added.
The ministry said that a special unit had been set up in the Frankfurt
Police Headquarters to handle the incident, and that the police presence
had been strengthened across Hesse.
North Hessen Police have warned against the spread of unconfirmed
information. The force has asked witnesses who may have videos or photos
from the scene to submit them through a special police portal, urging them
not to share the images on social media.
People react at the scene after a car ploughed into a carnival parade in
Volkmarsen, Germany.
Elmar Schulten, a reporter for the local newspaper Waldeckischen
Landeszeitung, told CNN the incident happened near the town's train
station.
He said he "saw a silver Mercedes had broken through the police blockage"
and "headed directly to the crowd."
"I counted up to 15 people laying in the street and the walkway. Several
small children laying and crying," Schulten added. At least four or five
helicopters were picking up patients from the site, he said.
Volksmarsen is a small town with roughly 6,000 residents, located near
Kassel, in the north of the federal state of Hesse in central Germany.
According to Schulten, the carnival parade is a tradition in the town,
with some 30 floats and 1,000 people taking part. He estimated that more
than 5,000 people were watching in the streets.
Volkmarsen
All carnival events across Hesse were canceled on Monday after the
incident in Volkmarsen. North Hessen Police said the move was a
precaution.
Hanau, a city in southern Hesse, was the site of a deadly shooting attack
by a suspected far-right extremist last week.
Police in Mainz, a city in the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate,
said security at the carnival event happening there on Monday had been
tightened, with surveillance drones deployed.
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(CNN)A car plowed into a crowd of people at a carnival parade in the
German town of Volkmarsen, police in Kassel said Monday.
A police spokesman said that according to eyewitness accounts, the car
"intentionally" rammed into the crowd at around 2.30 p.m. local time (8:30
a.m. ET).
"At least 30 people are injured, some of them severely," according to the
spokesman. Earlier, police said that young children were among the
wounded.
Police and rescue workers at the scene of the incident at Volkmarsen's
Rose Monday parade.
The spokesman said he could not confirm the driver's motive for the
incident. Police said earlier that the driver of the car had been
arrested.
The interior ministry of the federal state of Hesse said in a statement
that the suspect ''drove at high speed." It added that the man in the
custody ''is currently not interrogatable."
"Due to the situation on site, an attack currently cannot be ruled out,"
the statement added.
The ministry said that a special unit had been set up in the Frankfurt
Police Headquarters to handle the incident, and that the police presence
had been strengthened across Hesse.
North Hessen Police have warned against the spread of unconfirmed
information. The force has asked witnesses who may have videos or photos
from the scene to submit them through a special police portal, urging them
not to share the images on social media.
People react at the scene after a car ploughed into a carnival parade in
Volkmarsen, Germany.
Elmar Schulten, a reporter for the local newspaper Waldeckischen
Landeszeitung, told CNN the incident happened near the town's train
station.
He said he "saw a silver Mercedes had broken through the police blockage"
and "headed directly to the crowd."
"I counted up to 15 people laying in the street and the walkway. Several
small children laying and crying," Schulten added. At least four or five
helicopters were picking up patients from the site, he said.
Volksmarsen is a small town with roughly 6,000 residents, located near
Kassel, in the north of the federal state of Hesse in central Germany.
According to Schulten, the carnival parade is a tradition in the town,
with some 30 floats and 1,000 people taking part. He estimated that more
than 5,000 people were watching in the streets.
Volkmarsen
All carnival events across Hesse were canceled on Monday after the
incident in Volkmarsen. North Hessen Police said the move was a
precaution.
Hanau, a city in southern Hesse, was the site of a deadly shooting attack
by a suspected far-right extremist last week.
Police in Mainz, a city in the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate,
said security at the carnival event happening there on Monday had been
tightened, with surveillance drones deployed.
--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump has boosted the economy, reduced illegal immigration,
appointed dozens of judges and created jobs.
Senile loser and NAMBLA supporter Nancy Pelosi got "Trumped" on February
5, 2020. "President Trump, Not Guilty."