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.
