After the rampage through Leipzig's city center, none of the seriously injured people are in mortal danger. "We don't have to worry that there will be any more fatalities," said Leipzig's Lord Mayor Burkhard Jung on the sidelines of a memorial service at the Paulinum of Leipzig University. "There is one very seriously injured person, but he is also safe. I hope that I will be able to visit him in the next few days," said the SPD politician. The man was from Spain.
The long-time head of the city announced that all access routes to Leipzig's city center would be checked. The perpetrator, a 33-year-old German living in Leipzig, had driven his car unhindered into the busy pedestrian zone in the immediate vicinity of the Paulinum, killing two people and injuring numerous others. "Until yesterday, there was no indication of a dangerous situation there at the entrance to Grimmaische Straße," said Jung. "But of course the question must now be asked: Can we do any better? Can we perhaps improve access protection for everyday use of the city center?"
