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Trier: SUV races "indiscriminately" into people: Baby among the victims - driver was drunk

2020-12-02T18:40:52.102Z


Several people were hit by a car in the pedestrian zone in Trier. There are dead and injured. According to the police, the background is still unclear. There was an arrest.


Several people were hit by a car in the pedestrian zone in Trier.

There are dead and injured.

According to the police, the background is still unclear.

There was an arrest.

  • Several people were hit by a car

    in the pedestrian zone of

    Trier

    .

  • According to initial findings, five people have died.

    There are also numerous injuries.

  • A video shows the arrest of the alleged perpetrator.

  • A summary of the events can be found here.

    This news ticker is continuously updated.

Update from December 1, 2020, 8:38 p.m .:

In the meantime, the

death toll

in Trier has

increased

to

five

.

As the police

said

on

Twitter

, a fifth victim died from his injuries.

#Update


We can confirm:



⏹️5 dead, including a small child


⏹️Several injuries, some seriously


⏹️51-year-old suspect arrested # TR0112 #WirSindTrier

- Police Trier (@PolizeiTrier) December 1, 2020

Update from December 1, 2020, 7.42 p.m.:

After

the fatal rampage in the city center of Trier, the authorities have given new details about the suspect and the victims.

Accordingly, there have been

four deaths

so far

, including a

baby (9 months old)

.

The other victims are

two women (25, 73)

and one

man (45)

.

The

51-year-old arrested

is a

German

born in Trier

.

After his arrest, he had a

breath alcohol level of 1.4 per mille

.

Trier news: Car races "indiscriminately" into people in the city center - police give details of the fatalities

Update from December 1, 2020, 7:28 p.m.:

The press conference of the city of Trier on the alleged fatal drive of a 51-year-old suspect at noon is now over.

Update from December 1, 2020, 7:26 p.m.:

Trier's Police Vice President Franz-Dieter Ankner gives information about the

fatalities

.

There are

two women aged 25 and 73

, a

45-year-old man

and a

nine-month-old baby

.

All victims came from Trier.

Trier aktuell: Car races "indiscriminately" into people in the city center - the perpetrator was drunk

Update from December 1, 2020, 7.15 p.m.:

The

Trier

public prosecutor's office is

investigating

the alleged driver of death, among other things because of the

urgent suspicion of murder

.

The

motive

is still completely unclear, said the senior public prosecutor Peter Fritzen.

There are no signs of a “terrorist, political or religious motive”.

The 51-year-old suspect may have had

psychological problems

and may not be at fault.

A breath test showed an alcohol level of

1.4 per mille

in the man who has no criminal record.

He was born in Trier and had lived in his car for the last few days.

Trier news: car races "indiscriminately" into people in the city center - four deaths

Update from December 1, 2020, 7:09 p.m.:

Now the Interior Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, Roger Lewentz, speaks.

The driver of the car drove “zigzag lines” in order to

“specifically look for people and cause them suffering”

.

So far there have been "

four fatalities

, five seriously injured, five other seriously injured and six slightly injured" to complain about.

One must “assume that it is a

perpetrator from the region with a German background

.” The suspect was arrested within four minutes of the police being alerted.

Trier news: Car races "indiscriminately" into people in the city center - "Blackest day after the Second World War"

Update from December 1, 2020, 7:03 p.m.:

Trier's Lord Mayor Wolfram Leibe takes the floor.

“It is the blackest day in Trier after the Second World War.

I am deeply shaken.

The whole city is shaken.

It's terrible how many dead we have.

How many injured we have. "

Among the fatalities were a nine-month-old baby and a 73-year-old pensioner.  

Update from December 1, 2020, 6:59 p.m.:

The

press conference of

the city of

Trier

as well as the

police

and

the city's

professional

fire department will

begin in a few moments.

Trier news: Car races "indiscriminately" into people in the city center - toddler dies

Update from December 1, 2020, 5.44 p.m.:

Among the

victims of

the fatal incident in

Trier

is a

toddler

.

As the

Rhineland-Palatinate

Prime Minister Malu Dreyer

said the child died when a car sped through the pedestrian zone.

The police also confirmed this.

The alleged driver of the car was arrested, the

questioning of

the man is still ongoing, according to police.

The exact death toll is also still open.

The

police are

currently speaking

of "several dead" and "several injured".

# TR0112


What can we confirm before:



⏹️Mehrere dead, including a toddler


⏹️Mehrere injured


⏹️51-year-old suspect arrested



We continue with strong forces for your security on the ground and working hard in the investigation of the backgrounds.

- Police Trier (@PolizeiTrier) December 1, 2020

Trier news: car races "indiscriminately" into people in the city center - Dreyer "shocked"

Update from December 1, 2020, 5:22 p.m.:

Malu Dreyer is now also on site.

The Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate was "shocked and shaken".

She spoke to

ntv

about a "terrible day", especially for the relatives of the dead.

Trier's mayor Wolfram Leibe also praised the work of the police.

Security was established very quickly.

Now it is also about looking after the victims and helpers.

Update from December 1, 2020, 4:13 p.m.:

At 7 p.m., the city of

Trier

, the police and the professional

fire brigade

want to

report on the incident in the city center in a press conference.

Then the current status of the investigation into the terrible incident from this afternoon will be published.

Trier up-to-date: car races "indiscriminately" into people in the city center

Update from December 1, 2020, 4:13 p.m.:

According to the police, a 51-year-old raced at high speed into the pedestrian zone in Trier.

He was probably alone in the car and apparently

hit people "at random"

.

Witnesses report that the driver did not honk, which suggests an intentional act.

According to current knowledge, the car drove from the well-known Porta Nigra in the direction of the main market and then into Fleischstrasse.

According to witnesses, the driver sped through the city center at high speed.

There was talk of up to 100 kilometers per hour.

According to a report by Mayor Wolfram Leibe, the car left a trail of devastation in the pedestrian zone.

Eyewitnesses reported that people tried to jump in front of the car to save themselves.

Dozens would have been lying on the street, some motionless.

The driver was then arrested.

The police then gave the all-clear.

Death numbers rise in Trier - Current news about the rampage

Update from December 1, 2020, 4 p.m.:

There are now more than two fatalities.

This was confirmed by a police spokesman in Trier.

The number of injuries continues to rise.

Initially there was talk of ten injured.

The Trier people's friend currently reports four deaths - including a child.

Incident in Trier "shocking" - Merkel spokesman reacts in shock to rampage - current news

Update from December 1, 2020, 3:57 p.m.:

In the meantime,

Angela Merkel's

government

spokesman

Steffen

Seibert

has also

reacted to the rampage

.

The incident was

"shocking"

, said Seibert via Twitter.

He went on to write: "The thoughts go with the relatives of the victims, with the numerous injured and with everyone who is currently working to care for those affected."

What happened in #Trier is staggering.

The thoughts are with the relatives of the victims, with the numerous injured and with everyone who is currently on duty to care for those affected.

- Steffen Seibert (@RegSsprecher) December 1, 2020

Update from December 1, 2020, 3:51 p.m.:

The police have now given the all-clear.

After the arrest of the SUV driver, there is currently no longer any danger to the population.

The spokesman for the Trier Presidium, Karl-Peter Jochem, said on Tuesday.

Trier shaken by rampage: Mayor shaken - "looks like after a war" - News

Update from December 1, 2020, 3:37 p.m.:

The city center around

Trier

is currently largely cordoned off.

Paramedics

and

doctors

are on site to treat the injured.

Several hundred

police

forces are

currently cordoning off the city.

The mayor Leibe reports on

ntv

.

Accordingly, it is now also about

securing

evidence

.

The driver apparently sped through the pedestrian zone of Trier.

He drove up to several people and left a trail of devastation.

Shop displays were also distributed across the entire pedestrian zone.

Lord Mayor Leibe said to ntv:

"It looks like after a war".

Ride amok through the pedestrian zone in Trier: Mayor cries at press conference - live ticker

Update from December 1, 2020, 3:27 p.m.:

Trier's Mayor Wolfram

Leibe

informed after the

rampage

at a press conference.

According to the

picture

, the politician

burst into tears.

He reported,

“I just walked downtown and it was just terrible.

It was a sight of horror.

There is a girl's sneaker and the girl is dead. "

+

The police secured the crime scene near the pedestrian zone in which a car hit several people and, according to initial findings, fatally injured two of them.

© Harald Tittel / dpa

Despite the arrest, there are no indications as to the driver's motivation.

Latest news: rampage in Trier's pedestrian zone - video shows the driver's arrest

Update from December 1, 2020, 3:21 p.m.:

According to the police, the driver of the car was caught.

It is a 51-year-old German from near Trier, as the police confirmed.

In the meantime, a video has appeared on which the arrest of the amok driver can be seen.

It looks like the silver Range Rover has been rammed from the side by a civilian police vehicle and brought to a halt.

Several officers then arrested the driver.

#Trier # TR0112 pic.twitter.com/SMmCEdU8H5

- Outraged Clown (@EmporterC) December 1, 2020

Update from December 1, 2020, 3:08 p.m.:

According to the

picture

, the car should have been a dark

Range Rover

.

A witness is also said to have reported that "people flew through the air".

Another eyewitness told

Focus-Online

a terrible scene in Trier: "Countless" people jumped to the side - over 30 people were lying on the street - some of them motionless.

"The car felt like it was traveling at 70 to 80 kilometers per hour, it didn't sound the horn, it just accelerated," the witness said.

The city center of Trier was therefore very well attended.

# TR0112 #Update Several dead and injured in downtown Trier.


A driver is captured.


More information will follow.

Care for the injured has absolute priority!

* mf

- Police Trier (@PolizeiTrier) December 1, 2020

Update from December 1, 2020, 2:58 p.m

.: There have been several deaths and injuries in downtown Trier, the Trier police announced via Twitter.

"A driver has been captured," wrote the police.

Previously it was said that a person had been arrested.

More information would follow.

Care for the injured has absolute priority.

Live ticker: car is racing through the pedestrian zone in Trier / Rhineland-Palatinate

The background to the incident is currently completely unclear.

Eyewitnesses reported to the SWR that a car had raced through the pedestrian zone and deliberately hit people.

Trier's Mayor Wolfram Leibe also spoke of a rampage.

Cars raced into people: dead and injured in Trier's pedestrian zone

First report from December 1, 2020

Trier - A car driver raced through the pedestrian zone in Trier (Rhineland-Palatinate).

According to initial information, there are dead and injured.

Car races in the pedestrian zone in Trier - two dead and ten injured

The

SWR

had previously reported that two people were killed and ten injured in a rampage.

The SWR refers to information provided by the mayor of Trier Leibe.

The Trier police confirmed the incident via Twitter.

The driver was arrested according to initial findings.

A vehicle had been secured.

“We arrested a person and a vehicle was seized.

According to initial findings, two people have died.

Please keep avoiding the city center, ”tweeted the police.

Several injured people who were hit by a car in the pedestrian zone in #Trier.

Please avoid the area, the police are on site together with other emergency services.

- Police Trier (@PolizeiTrier) December 1, 2020

The police are on site together with emergency services in the pedestrian zone in Trier.

The area was cordoned off over a large area.

The Rheinpfalz police appealed via Twitter: "Please do not spread speculation".

There is secure information from the colleagues of the Trier police.

(ml)

List of rubric lists: © Oliver Dietze / picture alliance / dpa

Source: merkur

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