Car Hits Crowds In Munich Germany, Dozens Of People Injured

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JAKARTA - The car hit a crowd of people in Munich on Thursday and injured dozens of people. There has been no confirmation whether this incident was linked to terror.

This incident occurred as Germany prepares a high-level security conference to be attended by US Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Bild newspaper reported 15 people injured.

Munich's Security Conference will begin on Friday and senior officials, including Vance and Zelenskiy, will arrive on Thursday.

A massive police operation is underway near the central train station.

Police said in X, apat menahan pengendara tersebut dan tidak menganggapnya sebagai ancaman lebih lanjut.

One person was lying on the street and a young man had been taken away by the police. People were sitting on the ground, crying and shaking," a local BR broadcaster wrote in a post on X.

The incident appears to have an impact on people participating in demonstrations related to a strike organized by Verdi's union.

The unions said they did not have any information about the incident.

The incident occurred about 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) from the security conference.

Security is the main focus in Germany ahead of next week's federal election and follows a series of violent attacks.a