Mother and child die from injuries after car ramming attack in Munich
SUMMARY
A 37-year-old woman and her 2-year-old daughter have died from injuries sustained in a car-ramming terrorist attack in Munich, German police reported. The attack, carried out by a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker on Thursday, left at least 39 others injured, some critically. Authorities are treating the incident as an islamic act of terror. The suspect drove a car into a crowd of trade union activists demonstrating for higher wages. The attack has heightened security concerns ahead of Germany’s federal election on February 23 and coincided with the arrival of international leaders for the Munich Security Conference. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Minister for Justice and Transport Volker Wissing, and Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter visited a makeshift memorial to honor the victims. The incident has reignited political debates on security, terrorism, and immigration policy in Germany as the country prepares for the upcoming vote.
