After the rampage in Leipzig that left two people dead and three seriously injured, the driver of the car is to be brought before a magistrate today. The 33-year-old German citizen was arrested on Monday evening immediately after the crime. The man's motive is still unclear.
What we know
- The man who drove the car amok was already known to the police, but according to dpa information, not for relevant offenses.
- The man lives in the Leipzig region.
- According to the information available so far, the police do not believe that the perpetrator had a political or religious motive.
- The public prosecutor's office is investigating two counts of murder and at least two counts of attempted murder.
- According to the police, the two victims were a 63-year-old woman and a 77-year-old man. Both were German nationals. There are many injured people.
- A public prosecutor said in a press statement: "We are assuming that it was a murder". Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster said: "It's a murder suspect".
