In Münster, the car crashed into the crowd: three dead

In the city of Münster in the west of Germany, the pickup crashed into an open veranda of the restaurant. According to preliminary data, three people were killed, about 20 were injured, six of them are in critical condition, BBC reports with reference to the German police. The driver shot himself without leaving the car.

The police have not yet qualified what happened as a terrorist attack. It is reported that the driver acted without accomplices. A suspicious object was discovered in his car.

The collision was performed at about 15:30 in the center of the Old City, at the restaurant Kiepenkerl and the same statue of the porter of the same name. In the first photos, inverted tables and chairs on the veranda are visible from the scene.

Part of the old city is numb. The police were looking for accomplices of the driver and checked the restaurant for explosives; Then it was announced that there was no more danger.

As Deutsche Welle later conveyed , 49-year-old Jens R., who worked as an industrial designer, turned out to be a criminal. R. was mentally ill and had previously tried to commit suicide.