A man has caused a series of motorway accidents in Berlin, injuring six people including three seriously in what German prosecutors Wednesday described as a …
A man has caused a series of motorway accidents in Berlin, injuring six people including three seriously in what German prosecutors Wednesday described as a suspected Islamist attack. Berlin police said the man caused three accidents on the Autobahn 100 in the city’s Tempelhof-Schoeneberg district shortly before 7:00 pm (1700 GMT) on Tuesday evening, before claiming that a box in his car contained a « dangerous object ». Local media reported that the suspect was a 30-year-old Iraqi who had shouted « Allahu Akbar » (God is Greatest) when coming out of his mangled black Opel Astra. « The possibility of an Islamist attack cannot be ruled out, » prosecutors said in a statement. The driver had « targeted motorcyclists in particular », they said. « Statements by the accused suggest a religious Islamist motivation » for his actions. « There are also indications of psychological instability », they added.
