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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

A driver plows into people in the German city of Leipzig, injuring several

Germany Car Incident - ((c) Copyright 2026, dpa (www.dpa.de). Alle Rechte vorbehalten)

A driver plowed into people in the center of the German city of Leipzig on Monday and several were injured, police said.

Few details were immediately available. Police didn't immediately give a precise number of injured, but said there were no deaths, German news agency dpa reported.

A statement posted on the Leipzig city website said the car and its driver had been stopped and no longer posed any danger.

The incident happened in the Grimmaische Strasse, a street that leads into central Leipzig's shopping area.

Leipzig is located southwest of Berlin and has more than 630,000 inhabitants, making it one of the biggest cities in eastern Germany.

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