Man who drove car into Berlin crowd acted with intention, mayor says June 9, 2022 The mayor said the man who drove into a crowd in Berlin acted with intent<br /> Jun 09 2022 Creation time: 01:59 PM Last update: 01:59 PM Views: 21 Berlin, June 9 / BNA / The mayor of the German capital said, on Thursday, that a mentally disturbed man broke into his car among a crowd of people in western Berlin, killing a teacher and wounding 14 children, who acted deliberately. A police investigation into Wednesday’s tragedy showed “it was the work of a person with a severe mental disability,” Francesca Givi told public broadcaster RBB, adding that investigators were still trying to decipher the perpetrator’s “confused statements” with the help of an interpreter. reports. Investigators have not yet determined whether stickers referring to Turkey that were found in the man’s car provide evidence of the man’s motives, who is of Armenian origin. The man hit a group of schoolchildren and their teacher – visiting from a small town in the central state of Hesse – on a street corner before putting the car back on the road and crashing into a shop window further away. Geoffe referred to “a dark day in Berlin’s history”. “I am deeply saddened by this horrific crime,” German Chancellor Olaf Schulz wrote on Twitter late Wednesday. “A Hessian school class trip to Berlin ended in a nightmare. Our thoughts are with the relatives of the dead and injured, including many children. I wish them all a speedy recovery,” he wrote. Source link Related READ MORE Celebrations for Year of the Tiger are muted, but bring hope
Jun 09 2022 Creation time: 01:59 PM Last update: 01:59 PM Views: 21 Berlin, June 9 / BNA / The mayor of the German capital said, on Thursday, that a mentally disturbed man broke into his car among a crowd of people in western Berlin, killing a teacher and wounding 14 children, who acted deliberately. A police investigation into Wednesday’s tragedy showed “it was the work of a person with a severe mental disability,” Francesca Givi told public broadcaster RBB, adding that investigators were still trying to decipher the perpetrator’s “confused statements” with the help of an interpreter. reports. Investigators have not yet determined whether stickers referring to Turkey that were found in the man’s car provide evidence of the man’s motives, who is of Armenian origin. The man hit a group of schoolchildren and their teacher – visiting from a small town in the central state of Hesse – on a street corner before putting the car back on the road and crashing into a shop window further away. Geoffe referred to “a dark day in Berlin’s history”. “I am deeply saddened by this horrific crime,” German Chancellor Olaf Schulz wrote on Twitter late Wednesday. “A Hessian school class trip to Berlin ended in a nightmare. Our thoughts are with the relatives of the dead and injured, including many children. I wish them all a speedy recovery,” he wrote.
