At least two people were killed and 15 others seriously injured injured when a car drove into a pedestrian zone in the German city of Trier. Trier police said on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon the driver had been arrested and the vehicle impounded. 'We have arrested one person, one vehicle has been secured,' police said. A driver went on a rampage in a busy pedestrian zone in the German city of Trier on Tuesday, killing five in a suspected attack that authorities said may have been related to mental health problems. A 51-year old man had zigzagged a Land Rover from left to right through a busy shopping street, killing four, authorities said at a press. Four killed by car in pedestrian zone in German city of Trier, driver arrested. 1 Dec, 2020 05:27 PM 3 minutes to read. A square is blocked by the police in Trier, Germany where four people were. A man killed four people in a car in a pedestrian zone in Trier on Tuesday afternoon, including a nine-month-old toddler. 15 people were injured. The police announced that in the evening. The driver of the SUV was arrested. This is a 51-year-old German from Kordel in the Trier-Saarburg district.

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The southwestern German city of Trier is still reeling a day after a car was driven into a pedestrian zone, killing five people. One of the country's top clerics has offered his condolences.

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The German city of Trier was in mourning on Wednesday, a day after a car drove through a pedestrian area, killing five people, and injuring 14.

Mayor Wolfram Leibe called Tuesday's fatal incident the 'blackest day in the city of Trier after the Second World War.'

Hundreds of people gathered at Porta Nigra, Trier's iconic Roman landmark, on Wednesday morning. It was the first official ceremony in memory of the five people killed on Tuesday, when a large SUV plowed through the Western German city's pedestrian area, in what onlookers described as a deliberate attack.

'It is a sad day,' Malu Dreyer, state premier of Rhineland-Palatinate said in the ceremony that was broadcasted live via the internet. 'My voice is failing me, thinking about the mother who has lost her child and her husband. Never again will she hear their laughter, their voices. She will be burdened by the consequences of these four deadly minutes for the rest of her life.'

Many people are flocking to the site of the attack in Trier on Wednesday morning, to pay their respects.

Dreyer, Leibe, and dozens of mourners laid wreaths and flowers in front of the 1800-year-old grey sandstones of the Porta Nigra. The attacker had driven past the landmark as he seemed to be deliberately chasing pedestrians. Witnesses said his large SUV traveled at high speed on Tuesday afternoon, tossing some people into the air. A nine-week-old baby girl and her father were killed, as well as three women, aged 25, 52 and 73. Several of the injured are still fighting for their lives.

Leibe, a red rose in his hands, told the mask-wearing crowd: 'Today, our sympathy goes out to the people who are affected, to the families. The dead, the seriously injured, the injured, and the many traumatized who had to experience people dying next to them.'

Leibe was fighting tears as he said that Trier was a small city where people knew each other. When he visited the scene on Tuesday, he said, he recognized some of the victims, too.

'Please comfort each other,' Leibe said. He thanked the first responders who had rushed to the scene. 'They have experienced more than can be expected of people', Leibe added to a round of applause from the crowd.

Charges may include murder

Police are still questioning the 51-year-old male driver of the SUV.

Rhineland-Palatinate Interior Minister Roger Lewentz said he believed the driver had intentionally targeted pedestrians, driving in 'zigzag lines' to do the most damage.

Prosecutors are working on the assumption that there was not a political or religious motivation behind the incident. But officials are considering multiple charges of murder, attempted murder, and dangerous bodily harm.

According to the public prosecutor's office's initial findings, the suspect may have a mental illness, the DPA news agency reported. That would leave judicial authorities to decide whether to request the suspect be remanded in custody or placed in a closed psychiatric institution.

Police said the man had been living out of his vehicle during the past few days. Public prosecutors Peter Fritzen said the man was drunk at the time of the crime and had resisted arrest.

Police said the driver was intoxicated behind the wheel

'Inhumane attacks must have no place in our society'

Late on Tuesday, as many as 150 people had already attended a prayer service for the victims at the city's cathedral.

Gemplus motherboards driver download for windows. On the stairs leading to the altar room, visitors placed candles and cuddly toys to remember those who were killed.

One of Germany's most senior clerics also passed on his condolences.

'In this hour of speechlessness and sadness, I am united with the victims, the deceased, the injured and their relatives,' said Georg Bätzing, the chairman of the Catholic Bishops' Conference.

Bätzing, who is also the bishop of Limburg, said: 'Inhumane attacks must have no place in our society.'

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The moment police arrested a car driver who sped though a pedestrian area in the German town of Trier, killing at least four people and injuring several others, has been allegedly caught on video and shared online.

The clip circulating on social media appears to show three officers pinning the suspect to the ground and handcuffing him as several others secure the perimeter.

The dark grey Range Rover, which was apparently used in the attack, was also captured in the footage. The police allegedly had to ram the vehicle with a car in order to stop it.

WATCH police arrest driver who plowed through pedestrians in central Trier, Germanyhttps://t.co/4j1SzvshUjpic.twitter.com/lRntqhbVV1

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Another video allegedly shows four officers carrying the detained man into a building.

Update : Deadly car ramming that killed at least 2 people and injured 15 in #Trier , #Germany was intentional say German officials. A 51-year-old from the Trier-Saarburg district has been arrested.pic.twitter.com/jCY8wc5iTb

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The car in the video matches the description of the one that witnesses said drove through a pedestrian area in central Trier at high speed on Tuesday. People were “flying into the air” after being hit by the SUV, the witnesses said.

The incident left at least two people dead and 15 others injured, Wolfram Leibe, the Trier mayor, said. The death toll later rose to four people, with a child being among the victims, according to reports by the German media.

The suspect is a 51-year-old male resident of the Trier-Saarburg area, the police said on Twitter.

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The pedestrian area where the incident occurred is narrow and surrounded by buildings on both sides, which gave the victims little chance to flee the speeding vehicle. Other clips captured the destruction caused by the SUV, showing overturned tables and chairs from outdoor cafes and debris on the pavement.

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The police have cordoned off the city’s center, while they investigate the circumstances and the driver’s possible motive.

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