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Car strikes crowd in central Leipzig

DW reporters
May 5, 2026

Two people were killed and 20 injured when a car drove into a crowd in central Leipzig. The driver, who police identified as a 33-year-old German national, is in custody as German authorities investigate a motive.

Police vehicles line a street in central Leipzig after a car drove into a crowd
Image: EHL Media/IMAGO
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