A 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker has driven a car into a trade union demonstration in Munich, injuring at least 30 people, German police have said, in a suspected attack that is expected to inflame tensions before this month’s election.
The car, a Mini Cooper, accelerated and ploughed into people at the back of a rally by the Verdi union at about 10.30am during a strike by public sector workers. Employees of daycare centres, hospitals, sanitation facilities and public swimming pools had joined the work stoppage calling for higher pay and longer holidays. About 1,500 people were reportedly at the scene.
