Four hurt after man drives car into crowd of people in Germany

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A man ploughed his car into a crowd of people in western Germany&comma; injuring at least four in what appears to have been an intentional attack against foreigners&comma; authorities said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 50-year-old driver of a silver Mercedes first attempted to hit a group of people in the city of Bottrop shortly after midnight&comma; but the pedestrians were able to jump out of the way&comma; Munster police said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The suspect&comma; a German man&comma; then drove into the centre of Bottrop where he crashed his car into a crowd&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police said those hit included Syrian and Afghan citizens&comma; and some were seriously injured&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The driver then sped off towards the nearby city of Essen&comma; where he tried and failed to hit people waiting at a bus stop before being arrested by police on suspicion of attempted murder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The driver&comma; whose name was not released&comma; made anti-foreigner comments during his arrest and there were indications he suffered from mental illness&comma; police said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The man had the clear intention to kill foreigners&comma;”<&sol;em> Herbert Reul&comma; the top security official in North Rhine-Westphalia state&comma; was quoted as saying by the German news agency dpa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is not the first time that a vehicle has been used as an apparent weapon in Germany&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In April&comma; a German man drove a van into a crowd in Munster&comma; killing four people and injuring dozens&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The driver&comma; who had sought psychological help in the weeks preceding the attack&comma; then killed himself&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On December 19&comma; 2016&comma; a Tunisian man ploughed a truck into a busy Christmas market in Berlin&comma; killing 12 people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The attack was claimed by the Islamic State group&period; The driver&comma; who fled the scene&comma; was later killed in a shootout with police in Italy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ef5fa1c9ebe">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ef5fa1c9ebe'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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