Multiple people have been hurt after a car reportedly drove into a crowd of people in Munich.
Police in the German city have rushed to the scene after the incident this morning following reports that a car ran down a group of people participating in a demonstration, the Mirror reports.
In a statement, Munich’s police said there was a “major police operation” unfolding in the area of Dachauer and Seidle Street. The statement reads: “There is currently a major police operation in the area of Dachauer Street and Seidle Street. We are on site.”
It is unclear at this time exactly how many people have been injured in the incident.
Police said on social platform X, formerly Twitter, that the driver was “secured” at the scene and no longer poses any danger.
Regional public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk reported that the people who were hurt were apparently participating in a strike.
Munich-based journalist Sandra Demmelhuber reported on X, that she saw someone “lying on the street”, while another man was “taken away by police”.
The journalist said in a tweet that the collision took place during a demonstration for the German trade union Verdi, adding: “There was an incident in Munich at the Verdi rally. A car drove into the demonstration. A person was lying on the street and a young man was taken away by the police. People were sitting on the ground, crying and shaking. Details still unclear.”