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28 hurt after driver ploughs car into trade union demo in Munich
Emergency services attend the scene of an accident after a driver hit a group of people in Munich, Germany, February 13, 2025
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A CAR ploughed into a trade union demonstration in Munich today, seriously hurting 28 people including a child.
The car’s driver overtook a police car following the demo by the Ver.di public service union, and then drove into the rear of the demonstration, running over trade unionists marching as part of a one-day strike by childcare workers demanding better wages.
The driver, who has been arrested, was an Afghan asylum-seeker, police said — further inflaming an election campaign in which most parties have demanded crackdowns on immigrants. While police believe the attack was deliberate, the motive is not yet known.
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