At least one killed after car drives into people on street in German city of Leipzig

Published connected 04/05/2026 - 18:33 GMT+2•Updated 18:34

At slightest 1 idiosyncratic has been killed aft a car ploughed into radical connected a thoroughfare successful the eastbound German metropolis of Leipzig connected Monday, metropolis constabulary said.

"A car deed respective radical connected Grimmaische thoroughfare and fled the scene," constabulary said successful a station connected X. "The operator has been arrested and nary longer poses immoderate danger."

Leipzig's Mayor Burkhard Jung confirmed the preliminary decease toll, adding that thing was known astir the motive of the conveyance driver.

A metropolis spokesperson said that different 2 radical were earnestly injured, German quality bureau dpa reported.

The incidental happened successful the Grimmaische Strasse, a thoroughfare that leads into cardinal Leipzig's buying area.

Leipzig is located southwest of Berlin and has much than 630,000 inhabitants, making it 1 of the biggest cities successful eastbound Germany.

This is simply a processing communicative and our journalists are moving connected further updates.

Additional sources • AP, AFP