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    Three Injured After Car Plows into Crowd in Stuttgart

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    STUTTGART: At least three people were injured—one critically—after a car drove into a group of pedestrians in Stuttgart’s Olgaeck district on Friday, according to local police. Authorities say the driver, a 42-year-old man, was arrested at the scene and is currently being questioned.

    Police confirmed that one victim required resuscitation at the scene, while two others sustained serious injuries. Five others reportedly suffered minor injuries.

    Following an initial investigation, Stuttgart Police said they currently believe the incident was a tragic traffic accident rather than an intentional act. “There are no indications of an attack or deliberate action,” the force stated on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).

    The incident has led to traffic restrictions across much of Stuttgart’s city centre as emergency services responded to the scene.

    The Stuttgart crash comes amid a troubling pattern of similar events in Germany in recent years. Just months earlier, in February, two people were killed when a car rammed into a labour union demonstration in Munich, injuring 39 others. Authorities arrested a 24-year-old Afghan national, an asylum seeker, who is suspected to have acted with an Islamic extremist motive.

    In December 2024, a vehicle plowed into a crowded Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing at least five and injuring over 200. And in June 2022, a 29-year-old German-Armenian man drove into a crowd in Berlin, killing one and injuring dozens more.

    While Friday’s Stuttgart incident appears unrelated to terrorism or political motives, it adds to a growing list of vehicular assaults and high-casualty accidents in German city centres.

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