A car that falls on the crowd, screams, panic and 28 injured, including two in danger of life, one of which is a child. It is the budget of the attack that took place this morning in Munich, during an event organized by the Verdi union. The bomber, Fahrad N., a 24 -year -old Afghan applicant asylum seeking, was stopped by the police immediately after the incident.
According to the authorities, the man was already known to the police for precedents linked to theft and drugs. Shortly before the attack, he would have published an Islamist message on his social profiles.
The attack took place in the historic center of Munich, around 10:30, during a peaceful procession escorted by the police. A white mini cooper exceeded a law enforcement vehicle and launched himself at full speed against the protesters. Destroyed strollers, dozens of bodies on the ground and the terror that has pervaded the square.
The police intervened quickly, shooting against the car and managing to stop the bomber. “If we hadn’t acted promptly, the balance would have been even more dramatic,” said Bavarian Minister of the Bavarian, Joachim Herrmann.
Fahrad N. had arrived in Germany in 2016, initially landing in Calabria, where he was identified and photosegnulated as a minor. Subsequently, his presence had been recorded in Brescia before his entry into German territory. Although his asylum request had been rejected, the authorities had suspended the expulsion, allowing him to stay in the country.
Today, the search of his home has brought to light further elements that strengthen the hypothesis of an ideological motive. According to the weekly Der Spiegelthe man would have published post online with extremist content.
The attack is part of an already tespal political climate, just ten days after the federal elections. The migrant question dominates the public debate, and the attack risks influencing the outcome of the polls.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz defined the “frightening” attack, promising severe measures: “No indulgence, the manager will be punished and will have to leave the country”. The leader of the CDU, Friedrich Merz, also focused on security: “We will impose the right and order. Every citizen must feel safe in Germany”.
Meanwhile, Alice Weidel, leader of the Afd ultra -right party, has accused the government of “inertia” and has invoked immediate checks to the borders and rapid deportations.
This is the third attack in Germany in less than three months. Only last December, a Saudi doctor sympathizing the AFD had invested passers -by in a Christmas market in Magdeburg. In January, in Aschaffenburg, another young Afghan had killed two people, including a child, with a kitchen knife.
The frequency of these episodes feeds political and social tensions, with an increasingly divided Germany on the theme of immigration. In the meantime, in Munich, the injured are hospitalized in various clinics in the city. The budget could worsen in the next few hours.
“The nightmare seems to have no end,” commented the Bavarian governor Markus Söder, underlining the need for “an urgent change of course”.
Today’s attack leaves a deep wound not only between the victims and their families, but also in a nation that wonders about their ability to guarantee safety and integration.
