International
Run-over in Munich: There are already 28 injured and authorities suspect that it is an attack
The German authorities are considering the hypothesis that the run over of a group of people participating in a union demonstration in the center of the city of Munich was “an attack”, while the number of injured amounts to at least 28 and the Bavarian capital is preparing to start this Friday a high-level security conference between the United States and several countries of the European Union.
A police representative indicated in an appearance at the scene that the arrested driver was a 24-year-old Afghan citizen, while the Bavarian Prime Minister, Markus Söder, told the media that “presumably it is an attack.”
As the police spokesman explained, the vehicle approached the demonstration in the queue, overtook the police cars that escorted it and rammed against the end of the march.
The driver was then arrested, after the agents shot at his car, a Mini Cooper model vehicle, so at this time there is no longer any danger for the population.
The suspect is a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker who had a police record related to narcotics and theft, authorities said, who did not specify whether he had been injured during the arrest.
The Bavarian Prime Minister said that first we have to investigate the details and examine the event, but the ‘modus operandi’ is similar to that of other deliberate attacks, so it is presumably an “attack”.
Söder said that it was “painful” that only last month in Aschaffenburg, also in Bavaria, there was another attack in which an Afghan citizen killed a child and an adult with a knife.
“That’s enough,” the Bavarian Prime Minister said.
The investigations have been assumed by the Central for the Fight against Extremism and Terrorism of the Munich Attorney General’s Office.
“It’s a black day for Munich,” said the mayor of the Bavarian capital, Dieter Reiter, who was affected by the fact that among the demonstrators were his colleagues from the municipal administration.
For his part, the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said that the perpetrator of the abuse must be punished with all the harshness of the law and subsequently leave the country.
The abuse is the second massive one that occurs in Germany in two months, after it cost the lives of six people in a Christmas market in Magdeburg on December 20.
The Munich Security Conference begins tomorrow in the Bavarian capital, where heads of state and government from around the world will meet and in ten days legislative elections will be held that have already been marked by the issues of migration and the rise of the far right.
On the margins of this conference, considered one of the most important in the world, Zelensky is expected to sign a draft economic agreement as part of the peace negotiations, with representatives of Washington.
International
Man arrested after deliberately driving into seven children in Osaka
Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday after he rammed his car into a group of seven schoolchildren in an apparent deliberate attack in the city of Osaka.
The children, who were on their way home from school, sustained injuries and were taken to the hospital. All seven remained conscious, according to local authorities.
An Osaka police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suspect is a 28-year-old man from Tokyo. The officer shared statements the man made after his arrest: “I was fed up with everything, so I decided to kill people by driving into several elementary school children,” the suspect reportedly said.
The man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
The injured children, aged between seven and eight, included a seven-year-old girl who suffered a fractured jaw. The six other children—all boys—suffered minor injuries such as bruises and scratches and were undergoing medical evaluation.
Witnesses described the car as “zigzagging” before hitting the children. One witness told Nippon TV that a girl was “covered in blood” and the others appeared to have scratches.
Another witness said the driver, who was wearing a face mask, looked to be in shock when school staff pulled him from the vehicle.
Violent crimes are rare in Japan, though serious incidents do occur from time to time. In 2008, Tomohiro Kato drove a two-ton truck into pedestrians in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, then fatally stabbed several victims. Seven people were killed in that attack.
Internacionales
Clashes erupt during may day protests across France amid calls for better wages
May Day protests in France were marked by a heavy police presence and clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement in several cities.
In Paris, Lyon, and Nantes, thousands took to the streets to demand better wages, fairer working conditions, and to voice their dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron’s government.
While the majority of the demonstrations remained peaceful, isolated confrontations broke out in some areas. Protesters threw objects at the police, prompting the use of tear gas and resulting in several arrests.
Videos showing police crackdowns circulated widely on social media, drawing criticism from labor unions and human rights advocates, who denounced the authorities’ response to the protests.
International
Kristi Noem credits Trump for mass migrant deportations by mexican president
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem claimed that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has deported “more than half a million” migrants due to pressure from former President Donald Trump.
During a cabinet meeting highlighting the “achievements” of Trump’s administration in its first 100 days, Noem asserted that under the Republican leader’s influence, “Mexico has finally come to the table” to negotiate on migration and fentanyl trafficking.
“The president of Mexico told me she has returned just over half a million people before they reached our border,” Noem stated, criticizing media reports that suggest the Biden administration deported more migrants than Trump’s.
“I wish those deportations were counted,” Noem added, “because those people never made it to our border—she sent them back because you made her.” She went on to thank Trump: “They never made it here because they got the message—because you were so aggressive.”
Noem has made controversial claims about Sheinbaum in the past, prompting the Mexican leader to refute them.
On April 1, Sheinbaum responded to one such statement by declaring, “The president answers to only one authority, and that is the people of Mexico,” after Noem said on Fox News that she gave Sheinbaum “a list of things Trump would like to see” and that Mexico’s actions would determine whether Trump granted tariff relief.
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