Police say the suspect is a 24-year-old Afghanistan national who has been apprehended at the scene of the incident, which the authorities believe was intentional.
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00:00At least one person has died and multiple have been injured in Munich after a car drove
00:06into a crowd of protesters near the city center, according to local police.
00:12Bavarian Governor Markus Söder says the incident appears to have been an attack and the suspect
00:17is believed to be an Afghan asylum seeker in his 20s.
00:22Local police say the driver has been arrested and have confirmed there is no further danger.
00:27The demonstration was part of a march organized by one of Germany's largest trade unions,
00:41Ver.dei, and police are investigating any possible link between the protest and the
00:47incident.
00:48It comes ahead of the three-day Munich security conference starting on Friday, which will
00:53host a number of global leaders, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and
00:59U.S. Vice President J.D. Bantz.