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According to the police, a driver injured several people in a pedestrian zone in Gelsenkirchen.
The perpetrator is said to be a 26-year-old who was illegally driving his vehicle there on Friday evening.
The man got angry at a group that didn't give him a seat, according to investigators.
According to the police, he beat two men.
In addition, he let his car roll again in between and drove a man and a woman.
As the officials in the North Rhine-Westphalian city also reported, the driver let the engine roar again and again in between.
Alerted emergency services confiscated the man's driver's license.
A 25-year-old acquaintance of the driver was given a place reference.
He had appeared on site in between and offended the police officers.
bbr/AFP